cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/43446385

• A report by a Swiss advocacy group says a timber company logging Cameroon’s Ebo Forest is tied to a wider network of political élites in Yaoundé.
• The company, Sextransbois, is part of a network of logging and agriculture interests owned by prominent businessman Aboubakar Al Fatih.
• Corporate registry documents analyzed by the group show that Sextransbois was incorporated by relatives of President Paul Biya’s eldest son before being transferred to Al Fatih’s half-brother in 2014.
• Environmental groups have accused a number of companies owned by or linked to Al Fatih of breaking Cameroonian law.

68 THOUSAND hectares of logging concession…