Yann Anoko fondly remembers the days when tourists would flock to his hotel in southwestern Cameroon, before the English-speaking region’s decade-long separatist conflict put paid to the boom.
Where visitors once used to throng Limbe’s spectacular beaches of black volcanic sand, holidaymakers have become scarce since fighters from the country’s anglophone minority mounted a revolt in 2016.
“This parking lot has space for 300 cars. Today there are just four,” sighed Anoko, manager of the Seme Beach Hotel on the outskirts of Limbe.
Separatists took up arms after the government brutally crushed protests by English-speakers angry at what they saw as their marginalisation in the mostly francophone country. At least 6,000 people have been killed in fighting.
In recent years the conflict has eased, though tensions have risen with Cameroon’s upcoming presidential election tomorrow (Oct 12).
While the separatists are still largely active in neighbouring North-West Cameroon, the army’s presence in the big towns of the South-West region – Limbe included – brings a measure of stability and security.
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