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Whereabouts of 100s Unknown After Cameroon Prison Riot

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE - Hundreds of people marched in Cameroon's capital, demanding
   to know the whereabouts of imprisoned relatives who were moved to
   unknown locations last week after a riot inside a large Yaounde jail.

   "We simply want the government to let us know where they are," said
   Julius Berka, 32, who demonstrated Monday. "We do not have any bad
   intentions. It is our right to know where they are."

   The prisoners were moved after a riot in the Kondengui Central Prison
   on July 22. Detained separatists from Cameroon's English-speaking
   regions and jailed opposition members took possession of the prison
   yard to denounce overcrowding, deplorable conditions and lengthy trial
   delays.

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