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Executive Summary Due to their wealth of critical natural resources (primarily rare earth minerals), rapidly growing populations (labor and consumer markets) and strategic geographic location, many Francophone and Lusophone countries in Africa occupy strategic roles for China and its large businesses operating in, among others, the electronics and high-tech industries. Given Beijing’s ambitious plans in strengthening its most innovation-pinned industries—which …

Waza National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site on its northern border with Chad and Nigeria that went from attracting 4,000 tourists per year to 300

A report by VOA’s Moki Edwin Kindzeka about allegations of police abuse against disabled citizens in Cameroon has garnered an unusual acknowledgement from Cameroon’s National Human Rights Commission, which is now calling for local police forces to stop the maltreatment of the blind and members...

Separatists in northwest Cameroon have abducted ten teachers at a school for children with disabilities. Moki Edwin Kindzeka reports from Yaounde. In a video circulated on social media including WhatsApp in Cameroon, a group of ten teachers pleaded for their lives to armed anglophone separatists. The nine women and one man said they teach at…

Yaounde, Cameroon - Separatists in northwest Cameroon have abducted ten teachers at a school for children with disabilities. Moki Edwin Kindzeka report

Video shows teachers plead for their lives to armed anglophone separatists

Yaounde, Cameroon - Separatists in northwest Cameroon have abducted ten teachers at a school for children with disabilities. Moki Edwin Kindzeka report

The Confederation of African Football has dismissed speculation that the Africa Cup of Nations tournament, scheduled to kick off on January 9 in Cameroon, could again be postponed because of the pandemic. Moki Edwin Kindzeka will have a report on Thursday's show. Also on the program, Liverpool FC manager Juergen Klopp comments on the surge of COVID-19 cases in the English Premier League. And we'll also hear from Olympic champion swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa and Olympic bro...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Benin set up a service to allow people to register their business online. The E-registration system has worked so well that this West African country is now the world's fastest place to start a business, according to a U.N. agency. Moki Edwin Kindzeka narrates this report by Anne Nzouankeu in Cotonou, Benin.

82 anciens combattants de Boko Haram du Nigeria et du Tchad, ainsi que leurs familles, se sont rendus au cours de la semaine dernière. Les autorités disent qu'ils sont les derniers en date des centaines de militants islamistes qui ont fait défection depuis mai, lorsque le chef du groupe a été tué. Le Cameroun envisage d'expulser les anciens combattants du groupe. Car leur afflux submerge les centres de réadaptation le long de la frontière. C’est ...