From: Eno Ebai
To: Camnet
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:09 AM
Subject: [camnetwork] Cameroon's Malabo rescue mission
Cameroon is sending a delegation to Equatorial Guinea to resolve
the fate of thousands of its nationals besieged at its diplomatic missions for
a week.
Tensions rose after two armed bank robberies in the town of Bata,
in which a bystander was killed, which the authorities blamed on Cameroonians.
Security forces raided Cameroonian homes, prompting thousands to
seek refuge at their embassy and consulate.
The incident led to attacks on students from Equatorial Guinea in
Cameroon.
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Yaounde says scores of
Equatorial-Guinean students have been flown back home after being chased out of
their hostels by irate Cameroonians avenging the harassment of their
compatriots.
'Prime target'
Most of the besieged Cameroonians are at their consulate on the
mainland town of Bata but the embassy in the capital, Malabo, is also giving
refuge to more than 1,000 Cameroonian residents on the island of Bioko.
An official at Cameroon's Foreign Ministry told the Reuters news
agency that the Equatorial Guinea authorities routinely blame foreigners for
crimes.
"Following the robberies, the authorities in Equatorial Guinea, as
is always the case, pointed an accusing finger at all foreigners in the
country, with Cameroonians seemingly being the prime target," Reuters quoted
the official as saying.
Thousands of Cameroonians are among the foreign nationals who have
settled in Equatorial Guinea, particularly since the discovery of large oil and
gas deposits in the mid-1990s launched a wave of economic development.
The former Spanish colony has been ruled since 1979 by President
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who seized power from his uncle in a coup.
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