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Cameroon
Air force is big loser in defence spending

Faced with a substantial threat from Boko Haram and the Anglophone armed groups of Ambazonia, the ill-equipped Cameroonian air force is struggling to cope. Only a significant increase in its budget is likely to improve the situation. [...]

Published on 20/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Mi-17 army helicopters remain grounded despite military cooperation agreement with Moscow

With its Mi-17 transport helicopters all out of service, the Cameroonian army is suffering from major logistical difficulties. The military cooperation agreement signed last year with Russia has not so far produced the repair and maintenance assistance Cameroon was hoping for.

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Israeli securocrat Eran Moas behind Augentic-IN Group's push for ID cards

To win the next contract for Cameroon's biometric identity cards, fledgling German company Augentic, in partnership with French firm IN Groupe, is relying on the intense lobbying of Israeli securocrat Eran Moas, an adviser to President Paul Biya's praetorian guard.

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