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| Cameroon's Paul Biya |
Cameroon is a very small country in West-Central Africa and it may be
best known for football (soccer) rather than much else. But the country
has very talented and hardworking people who, but for their tenacity,
would have been completely broken. Their hard work has however not paid
off in the postcolony because the country is lead by a rapacious
dictator who has been at the helm of the country for over 34 years now -
Paul Biya. Under his regime, the country not only bowed to severe
economic crisis which has killed many poor people, but the
infrastructure of the country has far diminished. Cameroon is the site
of ghastly rail and road accidents that are due to the dilapidated
nature of the transportation system. The morality and morale of many
people in the country have been almost destroyed as many young people do
not appear to see a future for themselves in the country. The
healthcare system is so broken that many women continue to die in
childbirth and many people continue to die from little, curable
diseases. Meanwhile, Paul Biya himself spends much of his time in France
and other European countries, especially when he is sick, as he often
does, given that is a very old man now.
The flashpoint in the country now is the Cameroon Anglophone crisis which Paul Biya has totally ignored. Schools have closed in Anglophone regions but Paul Biya has been busy cutting the Internet there rather than seeing to it that children go to school. Spreading illiteracy in Anglophone Cameroon seems to be Paul Biya's primary goal now, as he continues to serve the interest of France rather than Cameroonians. His focus on serving France rather than Cameroon has led some to say that he is actually a Frenchman rather than a Cameroonian.
We here at FlourishingAfrica have been protesting this rapacity for 2000 days since Paul Biya rigged the last election. We will continue to do so until he is no longer the dictator of Cameroon. Cameroonians deserve much better.
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