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

    People walk past motorcycle taxi riders along a muddy road in Douala, Cameroon, October 4, 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
    The Wider Image: Motorcycle taxi drivers of Cameroon’s Douala long
    The Wider Image: Motorcycle taxi drivers of Cameroon’s Douala long

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