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Cameroon Deploys Military to Thwart Opposition Protesters

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Cameroon has deployed military troops to stop
   opposition supporters from protesting against long-serving President
   Paul Biya. Political opposition and rights groups blame Biya, who has
   been in power for 38 years, for rights violations and a four-year
   separatist conflict. Cameroon authorities have vowed to arrest anyone
   who tries to demonstrate against the government.

   Opposition supporters say at least 12 of their members have been
   detained since Friday by what appear to be Cameroonian military troops.

   27-year-old Christophe Nkemche says eight motorcycle taxi drivers in
   the city of Douala were detained and have not been seen since.

   He says armed men dressed in Cameroon military uniforms whisked off
   eight of his colleagues to an unknown location. Nkemche says the eight
   men were arrested while reading newspapers and publications from
   opposition political parties.

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