Cameroon: Unrest Spreads to Yaoundé Even After Taxi Strike Ends - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

The violence that started in Cameroon's main city Douala on 24 February with a taxi strike to protest fuel prices has continued and spread to other cities including the political capital Yaoundé, even after strike organisers declared the strike over.

Author: l'hommelion

The Cameroonian people are sick and tired of the high handleness of the Biya's regime.This regime has drained the wealth of this country and as a result,the entire country is miserable.People are merely managing to survive.This strike action is a catalyst that will spill into something greater in the near future.This is a momemt for those good will Cameroonians who really have the interest of this long time blessed peaceful loving country to muster enough political will and force this corrupt regime out.Nothing worthwhile will ever happen if somebody somewhere is not willing to stand up for change.All Cameroonians should stand up with once voice and hope to reach out for what seems impossible at first.If people can put aside their differences and come together towards a common purpose,then we will cetainly free this great country from the bondage that has kept us dormant for so long.The wind of change is blowing across the entire world,Cameroon is no exception.Lets cast aside our fears and fight to effect that change which we so desperately need.Everybody should join this cause.No to constitutional changes,no to price hikes,no to censorship of the press and mass media,no to the policy of divide and rule,no to corruption.We should not allow the blood of our beloved ones eg Bamenda killings,UB killings,Kumba killings and Douala recently to go in vain.Armed policemen and gendarmes,please don't kill unarmed civilians.These are your brothers and sisters who are demanding their rights,Posterity will judge you. God bless us!!

Author: mememe

How can a man who call himself a President in the event of a strike does not a apace the nation but instead is using Force to solved a problem which requires Dialogue

Author: brandybebe2006

All the Cameroonians in Europe are weeping about what is going on in the country.We feel for our country and our family back home. We cannot have a peace of mind because we only get calls about how they are killing people all over the country.I think its not because of the increase of fuel and basic commodities that is causing this havoc. I just read over BBC news that the president has changed the constition protesting to rule for Years.Why? I think this is now the main reason behind all this. Cameroon has been believed all over the world to be peaceful country and all the cameroonians abroad are proud of it.Why all this rubbish to the extend of destruction.I don't support the oppsosition leaders anyway my fellow cameroonians, don't you see that the country is going to be like kenya and Ethiopia the next few years to come? The government should do some thing to amend this situation. It does not need force.All of us abroad are fighting to come back and better the economy of our country.

Author: Blaise Basil

It is time for MR Paul Biya to go. He either leave peacefully or be forced out. This man no done a single thing for Cameroon. Has not build a thing Has sold out all Cameroonian national assets to his friends etc...

The man and all his entourage must be forced out by all means.

Author: kalanja

At this point, Paul Biya is destroying our country; he must go. President for over 25 years, the man has done nothing to advance the country. No infrastructures, no tourism, no national pride. I don't live in Cameroun but I feel the pain of my brothers and sisters. The people are simply tired of being lied to and violence is the only thing they have left to express their anger. Although I don't agree with the destruction of lives and public property, who am I to challenge the frustration our people are feeling over a president who doesn't understand that the people of Cameroon have had enough of him? We need new blood, new policies and new hope!

Author: joel_banderas

it is high time the government of cameroon realise that the situation we have at hand is not going to end at what we see and hear of now. it will likely degenerate into something very unpleasant. just like the strike action by the students of the university of Buea, which started like a joke and in no time spread like wildfire, what we have today is more likely to get worse if the biya regime insists on pushing ahead with the constitutional ammendments. cameronians have more grievances than the issue of price hikes. the price hikes is just an immediate cause to the strike and social unrest that will befall the nation. we are not interested in a regime that has nothing to show of since coming to power but poverty, hardship, looting of states fund at the detriment of the majority,ever increasing prices of basic commodities. we are no longer interested in U biya and ur demons in the name of ministers. leave cameroon and cameroonians alone. if u don't leave, cameroonians will force u to. be carefull. this is a warning for u. more is to come if u keep on with ur selfish and demonic plans. those of u that want to cause people to lost thier families will start by loosing ur own families. don't think having ur families in europe and the americas mean they are unreachable. we shall take their lives if u insist on taking the lives of our brothers back home. be warned. joel ngamke.

Author: brandybebe2006

I support

Author: morddggguk

this is for joel ngambe. i weep within my soul when i read your ignorant comments on what goes on in cameroon. you my friend are a shameful image to cameroonians. you speak as a man with no sense of discretion. you are very unwise and your words reflect truly how empty headed you are. i do not wish to insult you but, i must say, your idea of addressing the president and his hard working officials as devils and demons only serves to express how demonic you may be. you express no point in your words. you rather just throw yourself at that which is meant for the worthy and educated! others reading this, take heed for i do not write to the opposition. i rather write to advise the ignorant, nonsense and indiscriminately foolish few not to spend their time posting comments of insult and fruitless complaint. you should write sensible methods on which we can all settle our differences, instead of proving that mankind is no different from the beasts. H.Trismegistus

Author: wallyfn

Actually visiting home these days in itself is out of the question. Some of us are tired of living in Europe but how can we return to a land of no future. Our President has made things ever so difficult for us. The Government doesn't believe in dialogue at any level and the only thing is force. Worst of all, the Gendarmes shotting and killing people are not better themselves, but they have been so blindfolding they can even recognize their own very brothers. THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN WE WILL STAND UP AND HUNT CHILDREN AND FAMILY OF THOSE WHO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A LIVING HELL FOR US AND OUR PARENTS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, THE WORLD IS LARGE BUT IT IS STILL 'A VILLAGE.' IF WE TAKE THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN OF THE MINISTERS WHO FRUSTRATE US, MAYBE THEY WILL REALISE SOMETHING IS WRONG. I WAIT FOR THAT TIME.

Author: hrightsr

fFuel in Cameroon cost 600 cfa. abt (1 euro)whilst fuel in Belgium cost 900 cfa abt (1 euro 30cents). In Cameroon given our poor standard of living we are paying close to european prices for fuel. where the hell is all that money going to and why is fuel so expensive in a country which producers about 100.000 barrels a day?. The extra cash i suppose is being whistled away under a clever mafia scheme .The government claims that they subsizies feul up to a hundred francs cfa but how can u subsizies a product and at the same time levy heavy taxes on that product as well under different headings ?.I bet they don`t even know the meaning of the word SUBSIZIES. In cameroon my sources tell me fuel leaves sonara at 175 f cfa . how then can we explain for that hike ?. only paul biya (president of cameroon)and his associates can best answer this question . Speaking of the oil refinery in Limbe .Government alleges that it is not capeable of functioning as it used to and that we have crude oil which we cannot refine . My answer to them is to close down the refinery and do a trade by barter on our crude oil in exchange for the finished product . Fuel in neighbouring Nigeria is 250 cfa (whilst in cameroon it is 600 fcfa) and Nigeria imports lots of fuel given the high demand . Ghana up until now buys it `s fuel from Nigeria but fuel in Ghana is not as expensive as it is in Cameroon . what game is going on with this precious commodity which is meant to help thousands of improvished and desperate cameroonians?.We are not asking to many questions at this moment but all what we are asking for is a reduction of prices of primary necessities (rice,wheat,sugar ,flour,soap,medicine eg ,job opportunities ,tax breaks and incentives to open up new business . Cameroon is at a cross road . we all support the strike but fine the destruction and looting unacceptable . Paul Biya is not a man of the people .he has been in government for over 40 years including being in the civil service .This fellow has never bought fuel for his car nor paid electricity or water bills. even the food he eats is mostly paid by our hard earned taxes . The guy does not even know the price of a bag of cement.but i bet you his got houses everyway . We pray that he should RETIRE . After more than 25 years in power he has outlived both his critics and his usefulness. peace is not achieved by the sword but by the pen ,the legacy Biya is leaving in cameroon is one of tribalism and hatred . MAY THE LORD JESUS GUIDE HIM IN HIS DECISION HIS SIMPLY LOST THE PLOT.

Author: addis

why does Biya pretend as if he does not know the right thing to be done.Mr President how long do you still have to live if I may ask.Are you looking forward to behaving like other presidents who hand over power to their sons or brothers.Cameroonians will not tolerate that.SORRY we are quite willing to shed the last drop of blood for a country we so much love which you have no value for.Biya or what ever you call yourself you better carry your asss and step down for we Cameroon don't want a leader who is a murderer.Wife gone-twin father gone Rev.Sisters gone and a host of others.Now you prefer the whole country to die than to step down.Who ever says Cameroonians want you to stay is lying.We HATE you.

Author: addis

Fellow cameroonian,its a pity we are going through hell,caused by our so-call president.From every indication,he does not like the country.The best thing he could to was to use the policy of divide and rule,to bring cameroonians at logger heads so as to be able to acheive his wicked intentions.Please lets unite and see how we can get rid of him.Please stop destroying private property.Let's not use it as an opportunity to bring down our enemies. When government properties are destroyed the tax payer suffers.Please lets devise a different means.Everything in cameroon belong to us we shouldn't destroy them. BIYA PLEASE LEAVE OUR COUNTRY ALONE.WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK AT LEAST TO THE STAGE WHERE PAPA AHIDJO LEFT IT. ITS ABOUT TIME YOU START REFLECTING ON YOUR LIFE HERE ON EARTH BECAUSE YOU WILL SOON DIE.

Author: browncarterusa

Mr. Biya, do you realise what evil you have done to this beloved country? do you realise what you have done to the cameroonian youths?,Do you realise its about time you stepped down? Do you think you gonna live forever? the time has actually come and its evident that the fuel price issue is just a lee-way for cameroonians to show to this dictator how much they want him gone.there is no going back biya, just step down and watch another person do what you were unable to do.A country blessed with so much natural resources, an "african in miniature" country but yet, its citizens lead a frustrated and miserable life.We have been dormant enough and now, we are up from our slumber,Biya must go!!!!!!!!!!!, cameroon must be liberated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Author: akwo3tiku
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Author: wtita

This message is for the Cameroonian Arm Forces including the gendarmes and police. You must know that those revolting against the oppressive regime of Paul Biya are your Brothers and Sisters. Paul Biya does not care about you. Paul Biya has used you and is continuing to use you for his selfish ambition of staying in power. All Police and Gendarmes must stop targeting civilians. The time for the truth has come. Any police or gendarme who kills any civilian will answer to the Cameroonian people at the appropriate time when we take back out country. All Police and Gendarmes must join the people in denouncing the tyranny of Paul Biya. Remember what happened to your comrades in Bakassi. Biya arranged to kill your friends in Bakassi and he will do it to you sooner or later. Biya is the enemy and all Cameroonians including the Police and Gendarmes must join in the revolution. Think about not just yourselves but also about the future of your children and grand children. Is this the Cameroon you want for your future generation?. Please to the Police and Gendarmes, stop making a fool of yourselves. Your enemy is Paul Biya and not the civilians. I am calling on all the Police, Gendarmes and the Army to join the people and lets topple the evil regime of Paul Biya. Do not let this chance slip away. It will be tough but it is worth it. Paul Biya must go. The time of deliverance is near. Our Gracious Lord Jesus, We need you now more than ever before. Help deliver us from evil. Amen

Author: l'hommelion

The Cameroonian people are sick and tired of the high handleness of the Biya's regime.This regime has drained the wealth of this country and as a result,the entire country is miserable.People are merely managing to survive.This strike action is a catalyst that will spill into something greater in the near future.This is a momemt for those good will Cameroonians who really have the interest of this long time blessed peaceful loving country to muster enough political will and force this corrupt regime out.Nothing worthwhile will ever happen if somebody somewhere is not willing to stand up for change.All Cameroonians should stand up with once voice and hope to reach out for what seems impossible at first.If people can put aside their differences and come together towards a common purpose,then we will cetainly free this great country from the bondage that has kept us dormant for so long.The wind of change is blowing across the entire world,Cameroon is no exception.Lets cast aside our fears and fight to effect that change which we so desperately need.Everybody should join this cause.No to constitutional changes,no to price hikes,no to censorship of the press and mass media,no to the policy of divide and rule,no to corruption.We should not allow the blood of our beloved ones eg Bamenda killings,UB killings,Kumba killings and Douala recently to go in vain.Armed policemen and gendarmes,please don't kill unarmed civilians.These are your brothers and sisters who are demanding their rights,Posterity will judge you. God bless us!!

Author: diensi

those who want Biya to stay in power are those who have embezled with him cameroon's funds. At the moment biya is suffering from a mental disorder. this is reflected in his speech to the nation during the strick. if he is unable to handle social problems in the country he should step down and go. Afterall since 1992 biya has never won any elections in cameroon. His ministers and DOS HAVE HELPED IN THE GIVING BIYA HIS FALSE VICTORY.



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