Cameroon | ISS Africa

More displacement in the Lake Chad Basin is caused by climate disasters than by conflict, but the two are increasingly compounding.

A four-part plan could enable both countries to deal with the artisanal gold mining economy that is fuelling border crime.

Post-election ‘ghost town’ protests disrupted trade, revealing neighbouring countries’ economic reliance on stability in Cameroon.

Governments in the Lake Chad Basin region must target and dismantle terrorist groups’ information-gathering and processing systems.

This report explores current and emerging maritime piracy trends and the associated flow of criminal activities in Cameroon.

New research shows how governments can prevent informal money transfers from being used to facilitate organised crime and terrorism.

New research shows how governments can prevent informal money transfers from being used to facilitate organised crime and terrorism.

Strategies based on purely military operations can often alienate the very populations they aim to protect.

Better water retention infrastructure would enable communities to withstand the region’s many security and developmental challenges.

Terror groups have rebounded after past leadership losses, so Lake Chad Basin security forces cannot afford complacency.

Cameroon and Nigeria must take military, administrative and diplomatic action to curb the threat.

Remote, under-resourced bases in border zones have become the group’s softest targets.