From suicide bombers in the Middle East to drone operators in the United States, youth-on-youth violence has become epidemic.
Cameroon’s Chantal Biya – From the Streets to the Halls of Power
Tunisia’s former first lady Leila Trabelsi and Cameroon’s present, Chantal Biya, have strikingly similar profiles.
The Powerful Silence of Digital Dialogues
Odd but true, the Republic of Cameroon has been heralded by the international community as one of the most stable nations in the highly charged and politically destabilized Central African region.
World Bank OK With Blood For Oil
It has been a year since the horror of the bloodshed in Sudan’s Darfur region–with over 200,000 dead in three years–began leaking across the border into Chad. It has also been a year since a simmering conflict boiled over into a full-scale confrontation between World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and Chadian President Idriss Deby. Are the two connected? In a word, yes. Here’s how.
Chad Proves Oil and Poverty Alleviation Don’t Mix
The African nation of Chad has forced the World Bank to back down in a dispute that illustrates the problems with lending to poor nations for oil and gas production.