Articles about a powerful Equatorial Guinea official and a controversial Cameroonian lawyer-turned-lobbyist have been under attack by unknown parties.

Cameroon’s controversial media mogul Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, suspected of masterminding the recent brutal murder of journalist and government critic Martinez Zogo, was arrested after a unit of 50 gendarmes encircled his villa.

The body of one of the most prominent journalists in Cameroon was found near the capital of Yaoundé with signs of torture in what appears to be a brutal murder linked to his work.

The Cameroonian Gendarmerie arrested an individual with a large quantity of human bones, stating that authorities are determined to eradicate the growing phenomenon of human bone trafficking.

The European Commission has banned the import of seafood from Cameroon to the European Union, punishing the country for its lack of action against illegal fishing. The ban will stay in effect until Cameroon complies with the EU’s Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation.

Human rights campaigners urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday to take steps to ensure a three-year loan for Cameroon is not squandered due to corruption.

A magistrate of the Spanish National Court has found evidence that scandal ridden state-owned company Defex, now in liquidation, allegedly engaged in corruption in the supply of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, implicating Saudi Arabian government officials.

Cameroon’s government is up in arms after our investigation into president Paul Biya’s extended “private trips” away from his own country. Here’s how we counted his days abroad and built our story.

A boy walks past a newspaper kiosk in the Wada district of Cameroon's capital of Yaounde, in the run-up to the presidential elections of October 2011. Photo (c): Reuters / Akintunde Akinleye

Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, likes to travel abroad.

As a result, he’s missed some far-reaching events in the country he rules from afar.  Pages from the Cameroon Tribune relating to Paul Biya's travels. OCCRP journalists used the state newspaper as a primary source to chart the president’s numerous foreign trips since taking office. (Image: OCCRP / Authors.) Some rights reserved.