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Voting Begins in Cameroon French Areas, Timid in English Zones

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Local and parliamentary elections have begun
   successfully in French-speaking areas of Cameroon but things are slow
   going in the English-speaking zones of the central African country
   where separatists fighters warned residents not to vote. Several
   election staff have been attacked. Cameroon president Paul Biya has
   encouraged and congratulated those who voted.

   Hundreds of voters line up at the polling station at Government
   Bilingual Primary School Bastos in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, to vote
   in the central African nation's local and parliamentary elections.
   Among those who voted in the early hours of the morning was Cameroon
   President Paul Biya. He says Cameroonians should come out massively and
   vote and should not listen to people he describes as detractors of his
   country's democracy.

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