Hello people…Here’s a poignant story from an I Rep Camer follower on her experience of the struggle….              DIASPORA & AMBA – STOP HURTING US. It’s the 12th of August. “Mama, when will we go to the market to do our schooxl shopping?” My 17 year old daughter asks. She is going to Upper Sixth and her three siblings are in forms 5, 3 and 1. I sigh! I have not had a salary since May! I could not even be angry at my employer. There was no business. Since the beginning of the struggle we had slowly seen sales drop to less than 20% even. At least 20 workers had been let go and those of us who stayed had half of our salaries every three or four months if we were lucky! Because of the disruption, we decided to send our children to school in Yaounde. It is costing us double both financially and in the quality of education. But what can we do? Our children must go to school. Why are we the ones sacrificing while the heads of this struggle send their own children to school? My children used to attend school in the NW Region. We had to remove them due to the constant threats and disruptions. Most of my friends had sent their children either to Yaounde or Douala. How were the vendors coping I wondered! The people who supplied food, uniforms, books(like my husband) etc etc…how are they coping with this big drop in sales? Schools have grown overnight in Douala and Yaounde! The transport systems in LRC are now the ones taking our revenue. The food vendors and uniform suppliers have shifted from SW/NW to LRC. Banks and investors are now more focused on businesses in LRC. Who is losing? Why are we fooling ourselves? I went to the market. The prices of foods are slowly creeping up. We are now consuming the produce from last year farming. The villages have been deserted. I wonder whether any food was planted this year. Might there be a famine in this region next year? Or will the cost of more than triple? It is a Ghost Town day. My husband is sick. His BP is on the rise. I drive out to see if there is at least...