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Cameroon: Separatists Sell Cryptocurrency As Replacement for CFA Franc
RFI, 1 January 2019
Cameroonian separatists fighting for the independence of the self-declared state of Ambazonia have put their own cryptocurrency on sale to the general public. The AmbaCoin aims to… Read more »
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West Africa: West Africa's Single Currency 'Difficult' to Achieve
East African, 24 December 2018
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) says achieving the single currency by 2020 will be a challenge. Read more »
Cameroon Separatists Sell Cryptocurrency to Replace CFA Franc
Cameroonian separatists fighting for the independence of the self-declared state of Ambazonia have put their own cryptocurrency on sale to the general public. The AmbaCoin aims to provide humanitarian relief to those affected by the conflict in the Anglophone regions with the hope of raising up to $250 million.
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Tends of thousands of school-age children now live in the bush because of displacement over continued violence between Anglophone separatists and Francophone armed forces in the ... Read more »
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What started as a struggle for equality and justice by citizens of southern Cameroon has spiraled into a full-blown crisis. Rebel groups seeking an end to what they consider ... Read more »
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Cameroon: Villagers Flee Suspected Separatist Attack
VOA, 25 December 2018
Authorities in Cameroon say hundreds of people have fled villages in a French-speaking region after suspected Anglophone separatists abducted 15 people and torched 80 houses. Read more »
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Cameroon: Catholic Church Caught in the Crossfire of Worsening Anglophone Crisis
RFI, 18 December 2018
The Catholic Church is increasingly caught in the middle of an escalating crisis in Cameroon's North West and South West regions with priests shot dead, property destroyed and… Read more »
The AmbaCoin aims to provide humanitarian relief to those affected by the conflict in the Anglophone regions with the hope of raising up to 250 million US dollars.
