Author: Chris Anu

Economic growth across the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies is forecast to slow to 4.7 per cent in 2026 from 5.2 per cent in 2025, before increasing slightly to 4.8 per cent in 2027, according to the Bank’s latest Regional Economic Prospects (REP) report. The slowdown reflects higher energy…

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Yaounde, Cameroon: Cameroon’s regime has once again exposed its obsession with power and control. At a time when citizens across the country are demanding greater decentralization, regional autonomy, federalism, and even independence in the Southern Cameroons, the government in Yaoundé has responded by tightening its grip on local administrations. In a controversial directive signed last week, councils and municipalities across Cameroon were stripped of one of the few powers they still possessed: the right to collect and manage local taxes. Under the new order, mayors and councils will no longer collect taxes within their municipalities. That authority now belongs exclusively…

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