Cameroon’s phantom gold: Billions slipping through the state’s fingers
Mining site outside the town Betare Oya in the Eastern Region, Cameroon.(File photo: April 2018) © Reinnier Kaze/AFP Published on July 17, 2026 at 17:00 pm (GMT +1) In Kambele Boucaro, a village near Batouri in Cameroon’s East Region, life has not been the same since gold mining began.
Mining camps have sprung up, drawing workers from other parts of Cameroon and from further afield – including Niger, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
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