There is a lack of trustworthy and understandable information on kleptocracy in Central Africa. On top of that there is a lack of civic education and interest of citizens on corruption in a way that would matter to them. Central Africa Region is according to UNDP Report “ a sub-region falling behind”. It scores at, or close to, the bottom of global development indices – with the ECCAS countries recording the highest incidence of poverty among all African REC blocs, despite their shared mineral and other natural resource wealth.
Central African countries also score particularly poorly across governance indicators, with Cameroon, CAR, Chad, DRC, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo among the countries at the bottom of the global indices, underscoring fragility in the region. OCA aims to fix that problem by providing a unique place where to find understandable stories about Kleptocracy in Central Africa and call to action against that problem.
Cameroon
Cameroon is a country in Central Africa, located between Nigeria in the north-west, Chad in
the north, Central African Republic in the east, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in the south,
the Republic of Congo in the south-east and the Gulf of Guinea to the southwest. The official
languages are French and English.
At the head of this country rich in natural resources, "throne" since 1982 Paul Biya aged 86
who runs this country without sharing. Transparency International and other annotation agencies.
Chad
Chad, is a central African country without access to the sea, which is located in south of Libya, east of Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon and north of the Central African Republic and west of Sudan. Its capital is N'Djamena. Geographically and culturally, Chad is a crossing point between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. With an area of 1, 284,000 km2, and an estimated population of 1,516,204.4 million, it is the fifth largest country in Africa. Its current president is Idriss Déby, who is in power since 1990 after a coup. He changed the constitution in 2005 in order to stay indefinitely in power. Chad is a nation well known for its civil war and several conflicts.
Congo republic
The Republic of the Congo is the fourth oil-producing country in Africa. It is nestled between
its giant homonym the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa Republic,
Cameroon, Cabinda Province (Angola) and Gabon. It was named People Republic of the
Congo from the 1963 Congolese Maoist coup to 1992. it has been through many civil war
and a coup in June 1997 where about 400.000 congoleses died.
After changing the constitution in October 2015 and holding a marred election in March
2016, the old self-servant kleptocrat, Sassou Nguesso, unleashed a brutal military
repression to stay in power.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ́s 28 thousand square kilometers is composed by a territory in the
mainland surrounded by Cameroon and Gabon, and the islands of Bioko, Annobon and
Corisco. It is considered the third largest oil producer in Africa and has around 1 million
inhabitants, making it the third highest per capita income country in Africa after the
Seychelles and Mauritius. However, the president and his family have squandered oil
revenues and the country's coffers to fund personal lavish lifestyles while most of its
population live in poverty. The government has an appalling human rights record and is
among the 10 most corrupt governments in the world. Equatorial Guinea gained its
independence in 1968, and since 1979 president Teodoro Obiang rules the country,
becoming one of the longest serving non-royal head of state in the world. His son,
nicknamed “Teodorín”, is the vice president of the country since 2012 and has been
prosecuted for corruption in the US, Brazil, France, South Africa or Switzerland.
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