Nathalie Yamb Explained

Nathalie Yamb is a Cameroonian-Swiss activist and businesswoman.^{[1] [2]} She is well-known for opposing the actions of France in Africa, which she and others describe as colonial.^{[3] [4]} She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Cameroon, then went to university in Germany.^[5] In the 2010s, she helped run a political party in Ivory Coast. However, she was deported in 2019 without a trial after she criticized the Ivory Coast government at a conference in Russia. Yamb has been supported by Russian oligarch and mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.^{[6] [7]} Her anti-French activism earned her in January 2022 a ban on entry and stay on French territory, made public in October 2022.^[8] Yamb participated as an "independent international observer" during 2022 sham referendums in Eastern Ukraine.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nathalie Yamb. 2021-03-24. Roscongress Foundation.
2. Conzett . Anja . 24 June 2021 . "Staatliche Entwicklungshilfe – schafft sie ab!" . Republik . de.
3. Web site: 3 December 2019. Swiss-Cameroonian activist deported to Switzerland. 2021-03-24. SWI swissinfo.ch. en.
4. Web site: Publisher . A. M. C. . 5 May 2023 . Nathalie Yamb: The activist fighting France's presence in the African continent . 2023-05-05 . . en-US.
5. Web site: 11 January 2020. Nathalie Yamb : "Ma mère est une battante, elle est ma référence ". 2021-03-24. Actu Cameroun. fr.
6. News: 2023-08-06 . The faces of Russia's influence across the African continent . 2024-12-03 . en.
7. Web site: Yevgeniy Prigozhin's Africa-Wide Disinformation Campaign .
8. Web site: La France informe Nathalie Yamb de son interdiction d'entrée et de séjour sur le territoire national. rfi. 15 October 2022 . fr.
9. Web site: Hidden in plain sight: Pro-Kremlin Pan-African Influencers and the threat to Africa's stability and Democracy - RUSI Europe . 25 October 2023 .
10. Web site: "Putin's friends" and Prigozhin's network: Foreign "observers" in pseudo elections in occupied areas . 27 September 2023 .