Riots

The cost of fuel is a contentious subject all over the world. The rising costs evoce emotion from people of all walks of life, or should i say all drives of life.

The same can be said for Cameroon. There is been a taxi driver strike here that started at 6a.m today. The roads are ominously bare and the bars are full of opinionated people and fierce debate.

Cameroon is not a country on its knees but it is a country with poor upright posture due to social and political issues that have spiralled out of control in the 27 years that Paul Biya has been in charge.

Corruption is everywhere here, it has polluted every government institution and Paul Biya's party is doing its very best to ruin a nation rich in cash crops and people who regard hard work as a god given objective. Unemployment is rampant, rising inflation rates are not being matched by peoples wages. The people aren't happy. This strike is a catylist for something far deeper.

They are burning the bridges into Douala, and some buildings have been torched by angry mobs, tear gas has been usd to disperse them. there are reports of shots being fired too. Some private radio stations have been taken off air for putting out subsersive anti-government sentiment.

I feel the real bridge that the Cameroonians want to burn is the one that Paul Biya has taken them on for all this time, a bridge built on broken promises. However he is trying to re-write the constitution so he can now run for a further term. Who knows what will happen then.

Wow, i kind of feel like a war correspondant or something, this is yer man in Cameroon, from Molyko in Buea signing out, over to you in the studio.

Please don't worry mum x