Anti-Terrorism Laws as a Threat to Civil Liberties In Africa
Introduction
The wave of clamor and protest in Senegal over the adoption of the anti-terrorism law on June 25, 2021, has inevitably put the...
Scorched Earth Policy in the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon: A Crime Against Humanity
Conflict is inevitable and armed conflict is optional. When the option of armed conflict (war) to settle disputes is preferred, the repercussions are enormous,...
The Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Cameroon
Introduction
The protection of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) is a global concern. Indeed, the NGO Front Line Defenders indicates in a report that in 2020,...
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No Factories, No Trade: CEMAC Faces the Challenge of Structural Transformation
Highlights
No CEMAC member State accounts for more than 10% of exports to the continent.
The free movement of people, planned since 1999, has...
Burkina Faso’s New Study Abroad Decree: When Education Becomes a Political Privilege
By Enowbachem Agbortanyi
A Policy Framed as National Development
Burkina Faso's latest decree requiring every student wishing to study abroad to obtain government authorization marks more...
From the WTO MC14 to Action: Building Africa’s Productive Capacity through Trade, Digitalisation and...
Africa cannot rely on trade liberalization alone to achieve economic transformation; instead, it must pair AfCFTA integration with deliberate industrial, agricultural, and digital capacity-building...
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Investment inflows will generate the expected level of development impact in Cameroon if the country addresses persistent challenges like regulatory inefficiencies, institutional fragmentation, and...
Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
Informality, inequality, weak digital infrastructure, and limited productive financing continue to marginalize ECCAS economies, while calling for coordinated reforms to achieve inclusive and transformative...
From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...