Cameroon

The hidden costs of social media use in elections: A Ghana case study

Africa Elena Gadjanova & Ghadafi Saibu - 4 Dec 2019

Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments

Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration

Africa Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong - 29 Oct 2019

Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start

Border closure has mixed impact for Nigeria’s economy

Africa Sophie Bouillon - 22 Oct 2019

The most visible winner from the closure is the Nigerian treasury, which has benefited from the falling cost of petrol subsidies

The digital breadcrumbs behind the M&G’s censorship attack

Article Jacques Coetzee 1 - 4 Oct 2019

From the US to Cameroon, from SA to South Sudan to Spain. Tracking down the people trying to take our site down took us all over the internet

Cameroon’s anglophone conflict goes back 100 years

Africa Agency - 30 Sep 2019

On Monday, Cameroon will begin a national dialogue to try and end the separatist conflict but rebel leaders have already refused to take part

Central African Republic: The parable of the 11 stolen motorcycles

Africa Simon Allison - 13 Sep 2019

In 2015, in a vicious round of riots in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), Sylvestre Dothe’s house was burned...

Cameroon’s civil war will continue

Africa R Maxwell Bone - 23 Aug 2019

The hardline stance by both the government and the Anglophone successionists hinders solutions

What’s behind the Equatoguinean-Cameroonian border wall plan?

Africa Benita Van Eyssen & Moki Kindzeka - 19 Aug 2019

It is not unusual for Equatorial Guinea to seal its border with Cameroon. But a plan to build a solid border wall has Cameroonians fuming

The haunted return of Aliou Cissé

Article Luke Feltham - 19 Jul 2019

The Senegal coach has come up short at crucial moments in his career. Tonight could be different

Religion and conflict in Cameroon

Africa David Tonghou Ngong - 8 Jun 2019

Traditional, Islamic and Christian leaders are all being caught up in the conflict over secession in the Southern Cameroons

Editorial: Revolutions don’t happen overnight

Article Editorial - 12 Apr 2019

Omar al-Bashir may be gone, but the revolution has only just begun.

Bassy seeks the future from 1958

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 8 Mar 2019

The Cameroonian discovered early that, when you move people, they then want to know why

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eThekwini commuters pay for council’s contracts

Greg Ardé - 24 Feb 2020

Perhaps a commission of inquiry can shine the spotlight on public transport in Durban, where bus and taxi passengers have to contend with fare increases and disrupted services

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Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip: The guerilla priest

Carlos Amato - 23 Feb 2020

From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity

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Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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