Roger Peltzer
Failed military coup in Benin. Does good governance have a chance in West Africa? How should we assess the 10-year presidency of Patrice Talon, who will not be standing for re-election next year? What are Benin’s economic, social and cultural
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A large part of Africa’s cotton production is carried out by small farmers in the Sahel. This region is characterized by great political instability and in part by the advance of Islamist forces. In the following interview with a senior employee of the Cameroonian cotton company Sodecoton, who wishes to remain unnamed, it becomes clear what an enormous contribution cotton production makes to the stabilization of societies in the Sahel, but also to supplying the population with food.
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Following the recent outbreaks of violence in Haiti, the UN is considering sending a police force to Haiti under Kenyan leadership. But doesn’t the history of Haiti so far show the failure of all UN efforts? Heiner Rosendahl, who worked
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Can and should we still be active in Afghanistan outside of direct humanitarian aid? Or are all the hops and malt lost there anyway, or doesn’t every economic activity directly or indirectly support the Taliban? An interview with Bernd Leidner,
WeiterlesenCotton cultivation in northern Cameroon was at times severely affected by the activities of Boko Haram. Sadou Fernand, from the cotton company Sodecoton, explains how they have dealt with this situation.
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First Mali, then Burkina Faso, now Niger: one military coup after another. And not only the military but also large sections of the politicized youth in the Sahel obviously sympathize with Russia and are positioning themselves against the West and
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Cameroon is generally and rightly regarded as a poorly governed country. President Paul Biya, who has been in power since 1982, leads the country autocratically, is in permanent conflict with part of the Anglophone population and is unable to lead the country, which is blessed with so many human and natural resources, into dynamic growth.
Celestin Guela, CEO of Afriland First Bank, explains in an interview how it was nevertheless possible to build what is now Cameroon’s largest and most successful bank from virtually nothing in this environment.