The conditions seem to trigger riots.
In Congo, Cameroon and Senegal, the authorities have good reason to fear "contamination" of the revolts that shook North Africa.
Life is expensive and chronic unemployment. Attempts are undertaken to push people into the streets. Cameroonian and Senegalese authorities have responded by lowering or regulating prices of essential commodities.
After the Maghreb, Black Africa? The revolt began in Tunisia, which were due to the regime of former President Ben Ali and are pitching that of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could well extend further south of the continent. Many countries will gather conditions for a major social explosion, similar to the one that shook the Arab countries of North Africa. So some nervousness took hold of some governments who, while watching the street action against the increasing cost of living, close to major upheavals.
Sit-in cons Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris
Saturday, Place Victor Hugo in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, thirty Congolese braved the inclement weather of the winter to hold sit-in against President Denis Sassou Nguesso. If the demonstrators led by Mabilemono Welcome, Secretary General of the Movement for Unity and Development of the Congo (MUDC), who clashed for three hours in the inclement weather this winter, are aware that their actions would do little to effect on the conduct of business in Brazzaville, they do not expect to attract less public attention on French "oppression, plunder, hunger, poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities in proportions far more frightening than in Tunisia, Egypt or Algeria, "as they wrote in the press release announcing their project.
"We specifically chose the date of February 5 to protest. It is the day when Denis Sassou Nguesso returned to power in a coup. People across the country are closely following what happens here, and we know the ability of our compatriots to mobilize. They have already shown in the past and we are working to implement relay in the country, "said Maurille Louzala, one of the organizers of the demonstration. Recognizing the role played by social media in triggering the revolt Tunisian Welcome Mabilemono signed a document entitled to charge against "The Congo can follow the example of Tunisia? If yes, time is it our enemy or our ally? "That circulated on the Internet. Concentrate of charges against the president of Congo - Brazzaville, the text calls on the Tunisian example to follow for hunting Denis Sassou Nguesso of power. An approach
Andre Mba Obame, who proclaimed himself President of the Republic of Gabon on January 25, called his countrymen to follow to overthrow Ali Bongo. "As in Tunisia, as in Egypt, the Gabonese are fighting for their human rights are respected," he declared us in a recent interview. Entrenched at UNDP headquarters in Libreville, it defies even the President acknowledged last year by the Constitutional Council. Since his call, several demonstrations dispersed by police, took place in Gabon.
leaflets calling for revolt in Cameroon
In Cameroon, attempts to provoke an uprising among the population is also increasing. A Bafoussam and Bamenda respectively, capital of the Western Region and North-west, police, known to are not accustomed to appear soft on people, have received in recent days, a very special mission, we learned the day everyday. They must monitor the street, the urban center of copiers and people to look suspicious to pick up, prevent duplicate or confiscate leaflets have recently been released in both cities.
Appearing Sunday in the two citadels that each period of unrest in Cameroon put themselves at the forefront of social unrest, the flyer calls the "neo-colonial government "Paul Biya to step down no later than Wednesday at midnight. He asked the Cameroonian battered by high living costs and victims of large-scale plundering of their wealth, "to snatch their economic independence." It is signed by the National Council of the Revolution ", a movement known street in Cameroon. The tough talk and unrealistic. However it does not lack charm. The daily Le Jour reported that in spite of police intelligence work, the document photocopied away from downtown, continues to circulate in their sleeves.
A member of the opposition called for a demonstration
However, it's not just this tract to begin the serenity of Paul Biya. In an opinion echoed by media whose Camer.be, Jean Michel Nitcheu member of the Social Democratic Front, the main opposition party, openly calls on his countrymen to rise against the precariousness in which they are forced to live. "The fall of Mr. Ben Ali should be a lesson to his Cameroonian counterpart Siamese who wants to stay in power forever," wrote the deputy, who continues: "Cameroonians should also know that to bring down the last vestiges of the dictatorship ruling raging at the head of the country, they must organize a united front popular mobilization and create a balance of power on the ground so that will force governments to relinquish the clique. " Analyzing the social situation in his country, Jean-Michel Nitcheu notes: "The dictatorship of Mr. Biya (...) is obscurantist on all levels: institutionalized corruption, massive embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment of Mr. Biya and his family , waste of state resources, a ban on holding rallies, public demonstrations of ongoing repression, suppression of individual liberties. " "Everything is done for Cameroon in a dark blast of high amplitude. If nothing is done as soon as possible this year, our country will plunge into an intense political crisis that will lead to social tensions indescribable, "he concludes.
ban on demonstrations in Senegal In Senegal
reign the same reluctance. In late January, the authority has banned a march that the National Coordination of unions, a coalition of 12 unions of the 18 countries, plans to do against the cost of living. Wade for the government, the event was "not applicable". League Senegalese human rights organization defending human rights, has strongly denounced the measure. In a statement, the association condemned "in the strongest terms the freezing of civil liberties in Senegal with the systematic prohibition of peaceful marches planned by various segments of society." Social preventive measures
In 2008, Cameroon as Senegal did not escape the riots that shook several countries in the south. In Cameroon, the crackdown had resulted in several deaths, forty dead as the government, until two hundred according to some observers. This time, both countries want to anticipate the reaction of the street, taking measures against inflation. In late January, Dakar announced cuts 8-15% price of essential commodities like sugar, rice, oil and milk that were becoming increasingly expensive.
Meanwhile, Paul Biya decided to create a government agency to import massive food, to proceed to stabilize prices and trigger the alarm in case of shortage or inflation. The measure however does not arrange the affairs of everyone. Some union and political circles have indeed sharply criticized by pointing the risk of stifling the local agricultural system. Measures he had taken in 2008 to curb soaring prices and soothe popular discontent in Cameroon had produced little effect.
Rene Dassié
Source: Afrik.com
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