{"id":277459,"date":"2011-02-23T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T11:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/23\/cameroonians-plan-anti-government-protests\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T11:39:31","slug":"cameroonians-plan-anti-government-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/cameroonians-plan-anti-government-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroonians plan anti-government protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"67.3788659794\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.3400621118\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/africa\/02\/23\/cameroon.protests\/story.paul.biya.gi.afp.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"6.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\"><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<p>Opposition groups are planning protests Wednesday to call for the ouster of Cameroon President Paul Biya.<\/p>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/africa\/02\/23\/cameroon.protests\/story.paul.biya.gi.afp.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>The protests are planned for Wednesday<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;People yearn to see a change in government,&#8221; organizer says<\/li>\n<li>Protests are planned in Douala and the capital, Yaounde <\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Opposition groups in Cameroon are planning &#8220;Egypt-like&#8221; protests Wednesday to call for the president&#8217;s ouster after almost three decades in power.<\/p>\n<p>President Paul Biya is running for re-election later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People yearn to see a change in government. He&#8217;s been in place for 28 years,&#8221; said Kah Walla, 45, an opposition member who is also running for president.<\/p>\n<p>Walla, one of the main organizers, said protests are planned in Douala and the capital, Yaounde.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our main reason is to ask for free and fair elections,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We also have other demands &#8230; Cameroon has a lot of resources yet our people are living in poverty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the prime minister was not available for comment and a man who answered the phone at the president&#8217;s office declined to comment. <\/p>\n<p>Walla said the nation has been inspired by the recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt that led to the ouster of their longtime rulers. The protests have ignited a chain reaction that has spread to other countries, including Libya and Yemen. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to take charge of our destiny like the people in Egypt and Tunisia did,&#8221; Walla said. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy in the Cameroon capital urged its citizens to be careful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As always, U.S. citizens should avoid all demonstrations, as even peaceful ones can quickly become unruly and a foreign national could stand out and become a target of harassment or worse,&#8221; the embassy said in a statement Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>In 2008, protesters took to the streets on the same day to protest food prices. <\/p>\n<p>Walla said they chose the date because it is &#8220;symbolic of the ongoing fight&#8221; in the west African nation. <\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/DEMx261KGQE\/index.html\" title=\"Cameroonians plan anti-government protests\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameroonians plan anti-government protests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Opposition groups are planning protests Wednesday to call for the ouster of Cameroon President Paul Biya. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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