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    The Wider Image: Motorcycle taxi drivers of Cameroon’s Douala long

    A motorcycle taxi rider, waits for clients during sunset in Douala, Cameroon, October 6, 2025. Though sometimes demonized by government officials who blame them for petty crime and disorder, "benskin" drivers say their plight encapsulates a bigger, more structural problem: lack of opportunity under President Paul Biya, who has ruled the Central African nation for more than four decades. "I am doing motorcycling because I don't have a choice," said benskin driver Zakiyaou Mohamed, 33. "I have nothing else to do other than this because there are no jobs." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
    A drone view shows the port in Douala
    The Wider Image: Motorcycle taxi drivers of Cameroon’s Douala long

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