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Digital Deception
Online job scams amid cybercrime vulnerability in Cameroon and Chad
Aug 2026
by Ado Adamou Abba Ari - ISS
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Entrepreneurs of Insecurity

Kidnapping for ransom in the Chad-CAR-Cameroon borderlands

May 2026
by Titilope F Ajayi - ISS

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Lake Chad Basin: insurgents exploit informal money transfer systems

The hawala system’s reliance on trust-based networks and its lack of formal oversight makes it vulnerable to misuse.

28 Jan 2026
by Oluwole Ojewale, Raoul Sumo Tayo - ISS

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Collateral circuits

The impact of the Sudan's war on arms markets and mercenary networks in Chad and Libya

Dec 2025
by Emadeddin Badi - GI-TOC

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Soft power: missing element in the Chad-Cameroon border defence pact?

25 Nov 2025
by Mugah Michael Sitawa - ISS

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