Cameroon

ADF STAFF In the town of Goulfey in Cameroon’s extreme north, a 12-meter-tall clay tower is a reminder of a bygone era. The Kotoko people built the Goto-Goulfey Tower about 500 years ago. It was part of a walled fortification that…

ADF STAFF The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set off a cascade of food shortages across many parts of Africa. The war is compounding existing problems caused by a drought and food prices that were already on the rise before the war…

ADF STAFF China’s distant-water fishing fleet (DWF) has targeted Gulf of Guinea waters in West and Central Africa for decades. Now, the region is rapidly running out of fish, driving food insecurity and loss of income for millions of…

ADF STAFF At a training facility in Jacqueville, Côte d’Ivoire, Soldiers with Ghana’s Special Forces Unit leaned a metal ladder against an earthen wall as they practiced assaulting a village held by insurgents. One Soldier began climbing…

ADF STAFF In the Bamanga forest of northern Cameroon, the sound of axes biting into tree trunks has become a part of everyday life. The axes are often wielded by local poachers or by those crossing the border from Nigeria. Their target:…

ADF STAFF Researchers are studying the latest variant of COVID-19 to raise concerns among public health experts after it appeared in a man who traveled to France from Cameroon. The so-called IHU variant, named for the Méditerranée…

ADF STAFF In Frederick Forsyth’s 1974 novel, “The Dogs of War,” a band of mercenaries slips into a small, fictional African nation at the direction of a Western tycoon bent on deposing the nation’s dictator to exploit valuable platinum.…

ADF STAFF The United States government contributed an additional $2.9 million in COVID-19 assistance to Cameroon in late November. Since the start of the pandemic, the U.S. has distributed more than $7.9 million to Cameroon. The money…

ADF STAFF Alongside its infrastructure investments in Africa, China is promoting the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) — raising concerns about increased poaching of the continent’s wildlife and the risk of future diseases…

ADF STAFF Armed separatist groups in Cameroon and Nigeria are joining forces in a move that is alarming officials on both sides of the border. On September 16, militants in Bamessing, Cameroon, ambushed a convoy carrying Cameroonian…