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Obstacles to progress


                                                                                                   Realities

                  coverage. On May 6, 2013, the same workers went on strike again demanding six months of

                  unpaid salary.
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                  On October 27, however postal employees (CAMPOST) went on strike because they had not
                  been paid for 35 months and many of the employees didn't have a regular status

                       Bigelow, Jeff. "Train Wreck Exposes Role of Imperialism in Cameroon." Liberation School (blog).
                           Accessed September 4, 2020. https://liberationschool.org/cameroon-train-wreck-exposes-
                                                                               ongoing-legacy-of-imperialism/.
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                  Cameroon  (June 2017)
                  CAMNEWS workers have been protesting since the early hours of this morning at the

                  company's headquarters in Yaoundé against a 13 months  unpaid wages.
                                  "CAMEROON:CAMNEWS EMPLOYEES DEMAND THEIR 13 MONTHS UNPAID WAGES
                                                                                    – ALL AFRIKAN NETWORK."
                             Accessed September 4, 2020. https://www.alafnet.com/ccamerooncamnews-employees-
                                                                        demandtheir-13-months-unpaid-wages/.

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                 Cameroon  (June 2017)
                  A Cameroonian army source said Sunday that about 50 armed soldiers briefly stopped traffic in
                  the road in the Far North region and demanded officials to pay them two years' worth of
                  salaries and other expenses that they said they were owed.

                             "Cameroon Soldiers Block Route, Demand Unpaid Wages." Accessed September 4, 2020.
                             http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2017/06/mil-170604-presstv01.htm.

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                  Cameroon  (November 2019)
                  Workers of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC, staged a street protest in Tiko

                  Tuesday, November 19, 2019 demanding months of unpaid wages as the company suffers
                  under the weight of the crisis rocking the country's North West and South West Regions.

                     "Cameroon – Anglophone Crisis: After Workers' Strike, CDC General Manager Says Plans Afoot To
                                                                                        Pay September Wages."
                      Accessed September 4, 2020. http://www.cameroon-info.net/article/cameroon-anglophone-crisis-
                                      after-workers-strike-cdc-general-manager-says-plans-afoot-to-pay-355887.html.
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                  Cameroon  (August 2020)
                  Subcontractors of Cameroon's electricity distribution company, ENEO, say their strike action
                  will start on August 31 as they accused the body of owing them some FCFA 6 billion.
                        Mimi Mefo Info. "ENEO Cameroon Subcontractors Announce Two-Week Strike Over Billions Of
                                                                                 Unpaid Bills," August 27, 2020.
                        https://mimimefoinfos.com/eneo-cameroon-subcontractors-announce-two-week-strike-over-
                                                                                       billions-of-unpaid-bills/.
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