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At least four people were killed in Cameroon's economic capital Douala on Monday when protesters angry over the high cost of living barricaded streets in the port city, looted shops and clashed with riot police

Residents of Douala awoke to heavy gunfire on 25 February. Columns of thick black smoke rose over the city as youth burned buses, cars and tires, blocking off major arteries in the city. There are also reports of widespread of looting. "We can't leave our homes," a man in Akwa, in the city centre, told IRIN. "I live near a school and can see teachers sending home all students that arrive."

Police in Cameroon shot dead a man on Tuesday as violent anti-government protests spread to a string of western towns in the central African oil producer, state radio and witnesses said. The latest death brought to at least six the number of people killed in four days of riots over rising prices and plans to change the constitution to prolong President Paul Biya's 25-year rule. Some reports said the death toll could be higher

In Kamerun ist es nach einer Erhöhung der Benzinpreise zu gewalttätigen Protesten gekommen. Wie der britische Radiosender BBC am Donnerstag berichtete, kamen dabei mindestens sieben Menschen ums Leben

Violence sparked off Yesterday in some neighbourhoods halting most activities. Terror! This was the atmosphere in some neighbourhoods in Yaounde yesterday, 27 February, 2008. The day could be described as a black and tense Wednesday, particularly in neighbourhoods where violence sparked off, leading to human casualties and material damage

The strike took a turn for the worst with protesters going into business premises to make sure that they were locked. In Kumba, the national treasury, taxation office and brasseries were set on fire. Everything is still grounded

Calm return to the country following the four day crisis that began with the strike called by urban and interurban transporters trade unions. Activities returned to normal in the nation’s capital, Yaoundé and the economic capital Douala, Bafoussam and Bamenda that were most affected by the crisis

„Schnell raus, bevor es hier knallt wie im Tschad oder Kenia“, sagt eine deutsche Entwicklungsexpertin, bevor sie in die Maschine nach Brüssel steigt. Alle westlichen Ausländer, die es können, verlassen Kamerun. Während in Kenia nach der Wahlfarce vom Dezember und ihren blutigen Nachwirkungen inzwischen eine angespannte Ruhe herrscht, sind im zentralafrikanischen Kamerun in der vergangenen Woche bei gewalttätigen Straßenschlachten mindestens 17 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Die Opposition spricht von mehr als 30 Toten

Police in Cameroon shot dead four anti-government demonstrators in one of the Central African nation's minority anglophone regions on Thursday, police sources said, after a month of sometimes violent protests in the area. The protesters were marching on a meeting of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC) in Bamenda [...] Protests first broke out in early November in Bamenda when lawyers and teachers demanded better working conditions in a rare act of defiance against President Paul Biya, 83, who has ruled Cameroon since 1982.