Whenever a conflict flares up anywhere in the world, there's generally three things outsiders can do. Governments and institutions can mediate at the diplomatic level and exert political pressure through resolutions or sanctions. Aid organizations can alleviate the plight of the affected civilian population, mostly financed by donations or government funding. And the media can help create, through their reporting, the necessary public pressure.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the largest humanitarian organization in the Scandinavian country, systematically examines conflicts worldwide on the basis of those three criteria. The NRC has just published its annual reportof the most neglected displacement crises in the world. Eight out of 10 of those crises are unfolding on the African continent.

Cameroon tops the list, followed by Ethiopia, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Mali, Uganda, Iran, the DR Congo, Honduras and Somalia.

Cameroon is a case study in global neglect, scoring shamefully low on all three criteria, NRC spokesperson Laila Matar told DW. The central African country was also on the list during the past couple of years, holding the undesirable top position most recently in 2019.

The NRC puts Cameroon into the media attention category of "neglected". At the same time, the political will to solve the conflict receives 0 of a maximum of 30 points, and only 45% of the required aid funding is granted.

According to the NRC, more than 1.1 million people are internally displaced. In addition, there are........

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