No Result
View All Result
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Careers
en English
en Englishfr Français
Support Us
Mimi Mefo Info
  • Cameroon
  • Africa
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Business
  • Education
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Sport
  • Cameroon
  • Africa
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Business
  • Education
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Sport
No Result
View All Result
Mimi Mefo Info
English | Français
No Result
View All Result

Anglophone Crisis Crippling Cameroon’s Economy

Mimi Mefo Info by Mimi Mefo Info
June 27, 2019
Reading Time: 3 min
Anglophone Crisis Crippling Cameroon’s Economy
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

What started in October 2016 as the presentation of unionist demands quickly morphed into an armed conflict following government’s denial of marginalisation claims tabled by locals in the North West and South West Regions.

Today, armed men have for close to two years been seeking independence for the minority Anglophones and an end to what they consider domination of the anglophones by the francophone regime in Yaounde.

It’s been an expression of deeper, long-held grievances around good governance and equitable political and social representation.
The non-state armed group has taken up weapons against the government’s security forces, causing thousands to die while hundreds of thousands are forced from their homes. Security forces are indicted for burning entire villages and carrying out extrajudicial killings and right violations.

Factories have been shuttered, roads have become impassable, warehouses have been destroyed, and truck drivers are routinely kidnapped for ransom. Tones of produce have been set ablaze, including cocoa, rubber and cement.

Wun-Bamenda Stretch Of Road Blocked With Trees (Archive Image)

Riders Unable To Pass Through Bafut Sub Division

UN Secretary-General António Guterres in September 2017 urged Cameroonian authorities to “promote measures of national reconciliation aimed at finding a durable solution to the crisis, including by addressing its root causes.”
In her report to the 39th session of the UN’s Human Rights Council last September, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet mentioned the crisis in Cameroon: “Fighting has intensified in the so-called anglophone regions between security forces and armed groups.
United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet Meeting Paul Biya In Yaounde

“The government has not acted to promote the conference on dialogue suggested by religious leaders, and there is still no mechanism in place which could envisage a halt in hostilities in the short term.”

Cameroon’s GDP growth had been projected to reach 3.8% this year, a rebound from the previous year, due to an increase in natural gas production. That goal is now likely unattainable, not with the redirection of resources to fight a war on several fronts.
The country’s economic growth “depends on the government’s ability to successfully handle the violent secessionist conflict in the two anglophone regions,” the World Bank stated last October.

The restive North West and South West Regions produce cocoa and coffee, the country’s two main agriculture exports. Oil production, which accounts for an estimated 40% of the country’s GDP, mostly takes place in the coast of the South West Region.

Coffee and cocoa are key economic mainstays of the country’s two English-speaking regions.
The country’s employers’ group GICAM estimated that exports for both crops were down 20 percent, blaming the insecurity and the displacement of people escaping the unrest.
Groupement inter-patronal du Cameroun (GICAM), an association of business leaders, declared in September that violence in two anglophone regions in the west of the country was forcing companies to halt operations.

CELESTIN TAWAMBA, PRESIDENT OF GICAM PRESENTING THE LOSSES INCURRED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES AND THE STATE AS A RESULT OF THE ANGLOPHONE CRISIS

Due to the crisis, GICAM estimates total loss of revenue as of October 2018 to be about 470 million US Dollars, while 13,000 jobs, mostly in the agricultural sector, have been or are about to be lost.
In fact, the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) with over 20,000 contracts of employment has since folded up. The situation is even worst with Pamol Plantations Plc whose activities in its Ndian base have been grounded completely.

Government claims the situation is under control but in reality businesses are shutting down as unemployment is increasing in the country’s restive Anglophone regions.
Fighting has become a daily occurrence in both Anglophone regions since late 2017 when separatists issued a symbolic declaration of “independence”.

The state has been overstretched and all money for investment projects have now been diverted to the military.
Aside the government, local businesses have suffered. Days of ghost towns and lockdowns have paralyzed the economy.

How Ghost Town Cripples The Economy

Schools have also been shut down, an institution that provided many jobs and income for locals. Hospitals have also been closed and others burnt. Existing roads and bridges have been destroyed, while road projects have stalled.

Today, the Anglophones are suffering the consequences of the ongoing war, whose end is still unknown.
The question is, for how much longer?

Mimi Mefo Info Editorial
Wasap/Momo: +237679135573
Paypal: millyville2004@yahoo.fr

You can help support our work through the link below
ShareTweetSendShare
Previous Post

Anglophone Crisis: US Lawmakers Put Cameroon Under Fire, Want US To Halt Further Security Assistance

Next Post

Swiss Government declares readiness to facilitate talks between Cameroon, Ambazonia leaderships

Related Posts

Politique

Kribi: Des arnaqueurs imitent la voix du nouveau préfet

January 22, 2021
Politique

Rebondissement: Affecté à Bamenda,un fonctionnaire préfère quitter son poste

January 22, 2021
Politique

Le Préfet des Hauts Plateaux menace Sa Majesté Jean Rameaux SOKOUDJOU

January 20, 2021
Politique

Kribi, Sud: L’ordre et la sécurité prescrit au Nouveau Préfet

January 20, 2021
Armed conflict in NW, SW:British MP urges country to heed to US senate call for economic sanctions on Cameroon
Live Update

Armed conflict in NW, SW:
British MP urges country to heed to US senate call for economic sanctions on Cameroon

January 20, 2021
Bamenda : Paul ATANGA NJI se dit déçu par les parents
Cameroun

Bamenda : Paul ATANGA NJI se dit déçu par les parents

January 19, 2021

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

You can help support our work via the link below

Recommended

Richard Bona to dump Cameroonian nationality?

Richard Bona to dump Cameroonian nationality?

2 hours ago
Mnangagwa orders Zimbabweans to stay home as COVID-19 kills ministers, 52 others in 24 hours

Mnangagwa orders Zimbabweans to stay home as COVID-19 kills ministers, 52 others in 24 hours

3 hours ago

This Week in Scholarships on MMI Number 8 – 24 January 2021

8 hours ago

Kribi: Inauguration d’une usine d’assemblage des équipements du génie civil

10 hours ago

Popular News

  • Death of Petra Nji under unclear circumstances still raising dust

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Suspected Amba boys kill six, several injured near Santa

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Mautu massacre victims now known

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Joe Biden presidency: Implications for Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

You can help support our work via the link below

Category

  • Affairs
  • Africa
  • Afrique
  • Agriculture
  • Business
  • Cameroon
  • Cameroun
  • Culture
  • Développement
  • Economie
  • ECONOMY
  • Editor's Picks
  • Editorial
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Environnement
  • Food
  • Français
  • French
  • Gouvernance
  • Health
  • Human Interest/Society
  • Human Rights
  • HUMANITAIRE
  • Insécurité
  • Interviews
  • Judiciary
  • Justice
  • Lifestyle
  • Live Update
  • MONDE
  • News
  • News Roundups
  • Opinion
  • Other
  • Politics
  • Politique
  • Religion
  • Santé
  • Science
  • Security
  • Société
  • Sport
  • Tech
  • Tourisme
  • Transport
  • Travel
  • Voyage
  • World

Important Links

  • Term of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us

Copyright © 2020 Mimi Mefo Info Ltd. - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • World
  • Business
  • Science
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech
  • Health
  • Food

Copyright © 2020 Mimi Mefo Info Ltd. - All Rights Reserved.

en English
en Englishfr Français
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
pixel