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Paying dictators | The Making of African Migration

By The Insight Team 192
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Key Points Over sixty percent of EU-funded “returnee projects” fail “Rescue centres” in Saudi Arabia keep women detained for years Cameroonian businesspeople in the diaspora have stopped investing in their home country Migrants who were returned to Cameroon were arrested, tortured, Continue Reading
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Brain drain | The Making of African Migration

By The Insight Team 160
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Key points Nine out of ten Nigerians said they want to “escape” “Frustration of excellence” is behind an exodus of doctors, IT experts, and teachers Academics leave behind silenced and empty campuses Oppression drives many to “vote with their feet” The extremely heavy […]Continue Reading
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Cash cows | The Making of African Migration

By The Insight Team 189
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Key Points The financial exploitation of migrants is a multimillion-dollar business for agencies, rackets, syndicates, and scammers Many state officials are involved in schemes exploiting migrants The production of passports yields hundreds of thousands of dollars per day African Continue Reading
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Losing hope | The Making of African Migration

By The Insight Team 183
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Key points Awareness campaigns about the risks of (illegal) migration, even the risk of dying, have little to no effect Aspiring migrants feel sadness about the state of their countries, but have little hope for change as their ruling elites are seen as […]Continue Reading
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Loan apps torment users in Nigeria despite being barred by government, Google

By The Insight Team 444
Key Points: Loan app operators still violate data privacy of borrowers despite government regulation App operators take advantage of unsuspecting, desperate borrowers Interest rates on the apps are extremely high Citizens must take their data privacy seriously Avoid patronizing loan sharks; report violators to relevant security agencies By Daniel Adaji Michael Adekunle, a Continue Reading
Zogo
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The murder of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo

By The Insight Team 202
Arizona/ZAM How the killing of a Cameroonian journalist silenced investigations into plunder by an internationally-connected elite, eliminated a rival for the succession of an ageing president, and sidelined a tax director. Arizona Project Team A dossier full of bank slips, payment instructions, and tables of sums amounting to tens of millions of dollars, printed by […]Continue Reading
Martinez Zogo
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How internationally connected Cameroon elites plundered US$ 656 million -and how a tax investigation was silenced after the murder of Martinez Zogo

By The Insight Team 198
Arizona Project Team How tax cases involving hundreds of millions in payments from state coffers to questionable entities were snuffed out. A list of 67 suspicious transactions scheduled for investigation by Cameroon’s tax agency shows a total equivalent to US$ 656 million in undeclared payments from state coffers to questionable business entities and individuals. The […]Continue Reading
Abuja
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Abuja residents groan over unutilised multi-billion naira Light Rail

By The Insight Team 321
Key points The Abuja light rail was meant to ease movement within the Federal Capital Territory Residents lament that the system is not being used and impacting their movement Project lies waste, vandalised while loan repayment has started Chinese loans are shrouded in secrecy Poor management caused the failure of the project; the government need […]Continue Reading
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