Roger Peltzer
Cotton 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.
In Africa, cotton is mainly grown in regions that are particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change, that are among the poorest regions in their respective countries and that are now often exposed to a high degree of insecurity
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