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

    A supporter of Cameroon presidential opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary shows the candidate's campaign photo sticker on a his mobile phone, in the Briqueterie neighbourhood in Yaounde, Cameroon, October 9, 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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