Cameroon’s phantom gold: Billions slipping through the state’s fingers
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Cameroon faces significant losses in its gold mining sector due to illegal mining and corruption at high government levels. Despite being a potential source for economic growth, gold mining contributes less than 1% to the national GDP.
Illegal gold, porous borders and complicity at the highest levels – Cameroon is struggling to reap the rewards of its mining sector. Gold mining still accounts for barely 1% of national GDP. Part 1 of our investigation.
World Politics Commodities Cameroon gold mining illegal mining corruption national GDP commodities sector