Neither Cameroon nor the DRC is doing enough to improve oversight and management of unregulated gold mining.
This report maps how criminal networks and armed conflict intersect across Cameroon's crisis zones, and offers recommendations to curb them.
A four-part plan could enable both countries to deal with the artisanal gold mining economy that is fuelling border crime.
Voting on 12 October may be difficult for people in conflict-affected regions, who comprise a large portion of the country's electorate.
