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Money laundering in French real estate

Money laundering in French real estate

French real estate attracts dirty money from all over the world. By matching government datasets available online, our cross-border team of journalists uncovered…

Emmanuel 13 January 2023
Israeli mercenaries in Cameroon

Israeli mercenaries in Cameroon

Over the past two decades, Israeli mercenaries have been training the BIR, an elite unit of the Cameroonian army. Their names were mostly kept secret. The BIR are…

Emmanuel 29 June 2020
Systematic torture in an army basement in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Systematic torture in an army basement in Yaoundé, Cameroon

About a hundred people were tortured by security forces in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé. In an article for African Arguments, I revealed that detainees were systematically…

Emmanuel 7 May 2019
36 Years of Rocky ‘Stability’ in Paul Biya’s Cameroon

36 Years of Rocky ‘Stability’ in Paul Biya’s Cameroon

Paul Biya, the president of Cameroon has managed to stay in power for 36 years - and it's no easy feat. In an article for the World Politics Review, I look at the…

Emmanuel 4 October 2018
Anatomy of a Killing in Cameroon

Anatomy of a Killing in Cameroon

A movie shot on a phone went viral last July. It shows two women, a little girl and a baby escorted by several soldiers. The soldiers smack a women in the face.…

Emmanuel 24 September 2018
From farmers to fighters - an anglophone armed group

From farmers to fighters - an anglophone armed group

I spent a week with an armed group called the Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF). Since October 2017, this group has been fighting against the Cameroonian army army…

Emmanuel 2 August 2018
Burning Cameroon: Images you're not meant to see

Burning Cameroon: Images you're not meant to see

Since October 2017, over 180,000 people were displaced by the conflict between anglophone separatists and the Cameroonian army. Cameroon’s security forces have…

Emmanuel 25 June 2018
Paul Biya, Cameroon’s Roaming President

Paul Biya, Cameroon’s Roaming President

Cameroonian president Paul Biya has long been known for his travels abroad for private business. With two Cameroonian journalists we calculated just how much time…

Emmanuel 18 February 2018
The Mines Minister, his wife and the Australian company Sundance resources

The Mines Minister, his wife and the Australian company Sundance resources

(Published in French in Le Monde Afrique) In a Yaoundé notary's office in 2007, a handful of people gathered to close a deal worth over 10 million…

Emmanuel 24 September 2017
Virtual mining in Cameroon: corruption, failure and profits

Virtual mining in Cameroon: corruption, failure and profits

In Cameroon, most mining project fail, yet some individuals make millions. This investigation into 'virtual mining' exposed a number of corrupt practices by officials,…

Emmanuel 14 March 2016
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