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The CFA Franc in Cameroon: The Currency After Colonialism File (opens the original)
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What does the CFA franc give Cameroon—and what does it cost? I spend this currency every day, and a question about the cash in my pocket became an investigation into monetary power, political independence, and the choices shaping everyday life. In The Currency After Colonialism File, I examine the Central African CFA franc, BEAC, CEMAC, France’s role, foreign reserves, and the euro peg. The investigation revisits the 1994 devaluation, distinguishes Central Africa’s arrangements from West Africa’
The Nkrumah File: Did Western Powers Help Create the Conditions for Ghana’s 1966 Coup? (opens the original)
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You’ve heard the clips. Now hear the complete investigation . In Episode 4 of The Shadow Files , Joshua T. Berglan follows the documentary trail surrounding Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s 1966 coup, and the role Western governments played in the political, economic, and informational pressure surrounding his removal. The investigation begins in February 1964—two years before the coup—with a U.S. State Department proposal discussing an “Action Program for Ghana,” “psychological warfare,” and pressure tha
The Lumumba File: Did the CIA Really Kill Patrice Lumumba? (opens the original)
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There was a CIA plot to kill Patrice Lumumba. There was an assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Those are two different facts — and confusing them makes the story weaker, because the documented history is extraordinary enough on its own. In Episode 3 of The Shadow Files , Joshua T. Berglan — The World's Mayor, reporting from Cameroon — opens the Lumumba File and applies one standard: What do we know? What does the evidence suggest? What do we still not know? And who are we asking for answers? Insid
The Shadow Files #2 - One Airport Seizure Was Bigger Than Cameroon’s Entire Gold Exports (opens the original)
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In November 2023, authorities intercepted approximately 30.5 kilograms of gold at Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport. Cameroon’s officially recorded gold exports for the entire year? 22.3 kilograms. One documented airport seizure was larger than the country’s entire officially recorded annual export total. That does not prove how much gold successfully leaves the country illegally. But it raises an extraordinary question: How much gets caught—and how much doesn’t? This investigation follows
The Shadow Files #01: The $289 Million Timber Discrepancy (opens the original)
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$289 million per year. That is the average unexplained gap between timber export values declared by Cameroon and import values reported by global trade partners between 2013 and 2023. In this premiere episode of The Shadow Files , Joshua T. Berglan unpacks official trade data from the Financial Transparency Coalition ( Financial Secrets of the Forests ). We examine how a peak single-year discrepancy of $327M in 2023, coupled with tax hikes jumping from 17.5% to 75%, has heavily incentivized prod
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