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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

CAMEROON UNDER PAUL BIYA: THE COUNTRY THAT IMPOVERISHED ITS CITIZENS THE MOST IN THE PAST THIRTY YEARS

List of African countries on past GDP (PPP) per capita with Cameroon highlighted, compared to selected countries in other continents (I):


IMF figures:

African Country
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1
2,537
2,772
3,032
3,216
3,414
3,543
3,519
3,504
3,452
3,663
2
1,694
1,725
1,783
1,882
2,016
1,908
1,951
2,038
2,178
2,201
3
569
613
642
633
639
665
677
662
686
671
4
1,774
2,060
2,443
2,713
2,892
3,094
3,313
3,778
4,653
4,877
5
343
376
394
395
406
485
521
520
552
568
6
264
315
322
337
340
380
390
411
434
444
7
1,028
1,279
1,419
1,534
1,666
1,808
1,920
1,880
1,740
1,722
8
573
661
702
777
815
887
908
948
1,011
1,079
9
429
515
514
490
545
567
601
578
596
616
10
 Chad
401
382
416
488
520
564
596
620
673
695
11
1,136
1,257
1,287
1,241
1,228
1,262
1,300
1,282
1,329
1,364
12
346
370
378
386
406
407
422
431
434
430
13
14
1,294
1,406
1,558
1,717
1,872
2,014
2,102
2,207
2,326
2,433
15
470
506
511
506
495
537
501
502
498
476
16
295
315
328
356
350
309
335
381
383
383
17
18
7,570
7,777
8,405
8,720
9,287
9,905
9,698
8,261
8,653
10,143
19
801
747
922
1,047
964
989
994
1,010
1,021
1,062
20
637
696
667
636
678
721
750
797
879
930
21
22
590
628
680
669
717
755
748
796
823
861
23
650
713
767
782
796
824
870
915
970
1,018
24
366
402
439
446
496
521
547
539
591
636
25
26
13,879
11,603
11,935
11,346
10,347
10,784
9,406
7,917
7,809
8,309
27
608
588
587
612
598
606
614
621
646
678
28
319
321
341
357
377
389
376
369
371
371
29
 Mali
344
357
392
375
381
374
403
411
411
464
30
752
831
841
893
927
950
1,003
1,037
1,080
1,118
31
1,950
1,953
2,155
2,350
2,439
2,611
2,878
3,257
3,651
3,979
32
1,148
1,189
1,348
1,361
1,440
1,540
1,666
1,632
1,822
1,892
33
197
220
212
181
173
177
174
204
226
248
34
35
461
487
510
493
411
442
465
464
497
505
36
694
892
912
876
867
941
853
761
823
883
37
1,393
1,517
1,599
1,651
1,701
1,740
1,766
1,803
2,206
2,612
38
369
399
398
423
484
504
525
520
522
494
39
945
909
973
950
903
990
928
902
925
962
40
681
762
847
811
847
875
895
948
946
991
41
4,404
4,558
4,735
4,892
5,263
5,933
6,072
6,280
6,817
7,755
42
586
637
674
674
707
666
667
688
711
756
43
3,930
4,416
4,551
4,528
4,817
4,786
4,782
4,914
5,182
5,389
44
564
636
683
680
636
634
693
738
782
802
45
1,076
1,311
1,368
1,398
1,495
1,549
1,719
1,958
2,084
2,363
46
387
415
427
426
430
447
467
494
523
545
47
 Togo
611
627
551
523
552
569
579
561
617
646
48
1,889
2,121
2,186
2,323
2,520
2,655
2,575
2,768
2,817
2,946
49
274
302
337
356
347
336
334
345
373
397
50
816
921
919
916
906
917
926
938
1,030
999
51

 

Selected countries of the world:

African Country
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1
10,010
11,223
11,711
11,948
13,032
14,004
14,404
15,237
16,121
17,194
2
3,761
3,841
4,005
3,930
4,197
4,563
4,912
5,132
5,220
5,486
3
11,115
12,423
12,652
13,375
14,546
15,559
16,128
17,084
18,308
19,165
4
2,943
3,341
3,017
3,001
3,246
3,355
3,563
3,843
4,193
4,732
5
251
285
324
369
435
502
550
621
704
749
6
2,443
2,673
2,801
2,895
3,040
3,252
3,445
3,659
3,858
4,056
7
9,987
10,937
11,816
12,372
12,975
13,545
14,107
14,807
15,916
17,139
8
9,919
10,840
11,418
12,097
12,958
13,677
14,307
14,936
15,929
17,008
9
419
477
515
558
593
627
658
690
757
821
10
730
842
896
951
1,035
1,072
1,138
1,204
1,292
1,413
11
 Iran
3,008
3,332
3,889
4,288
4,418
4,559
4,086
4,013
3,482
3,745
12
 Iraq
13
7,008
7,761
8,269
8,475
9,011
9,435
9,683
10,310
11,033
12,165
14
7,270
8,173
8,639
9,058
9,449
10,005
10,426
11,355
11,958
12,322
15
8,534
9,653
10,514
11,187
12,046
13,115
13,711
14,618
16,133
17,572
16
2,350
2,682
2,940
3,168
3,456
3,419
3,441
3,637
4,035
4,459
17
4,980
5,773
5,956
5,846
6,140
6,330
6,143
6,304
6,475
6,864
18
16,663
18,170
16,322
14,831
14,202
13,332
13,638
12,832
13,680
13,528
19
2,302
2,663
3,012
3,462
3,897
4,273
4,853
5,552
6,350
6,965
20
8,381
9,041
9,804
10,557
11,227
11,953
12,678
13,612
14,759
15,622
21
12,249
13,600
14,015
15,089
16,635
17,690
18,538
19,511
20,821
22,169



IMF estimates between 1990 and 1999

African Country
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
1
3,802
3,796
3,853
3,766
3,728
3,872
4,024
4,071
4,260
4,392
2
2,149
2,186
2,050
1,550
1,560
1,781
2,102
2,193
2,156
2,195
3
737
771
789
829
840
884
914
956
978
1,016
4
5,312
5,661
5,637
5,848
5,722
6,176
6,454
7,034
7,656
8,265
5
569
625
623
640
644
676
744
784
828
868
6
463
493
496
476
459
424
390
392
408
410
7
1,627
1,573
1,515
1,456
1,408
1,444
1,503
1,564
1,616
1,665
8
1,098
1,122
1,151
1,229
1,305
1,399
1,507
1,612
1,726
1,913
9
606
603
584
573
592
614
559
597
614
634
10
 Chad
726
811
830
811
853
814
826
867
914
898
11
1,346
1,341
1,317
1,384
1,375
1,440
1,543
1,615
1,663
1,678
12
404
371
329
282
268
266
262
247
241
229
13
2,184
2,159
1,990
1,946
1,857
1,760
1,726
1,698
1,729
14
2,563
2,654
2,670
2,751
2,868
2,997
3,131
3,307
3,519
3,710
15
453
433
558
591
657
730
1,149
2,709
3,143
3,714
16
395
367
331
371
379
398
445
456
431
451
17
513
593
730
756
828
889
890
875
18
10,838
11,537
11,099
11,513
11,895
12,436
12,812
13,450
13,732
12,378
19
1,120
1,138
1,169
1,198
1,227
1,174
1,232
1,259
1,317
1,364
20
974
1,033
1,073
1,119
1,153
1,194
1,240
1,295
1,342
1,390
21
645
652
661
680
695
718
747
781
808
840
22
916
976
990
1,012
1,045
1,091
1,140
1,211
874
936
23
1,066
1,085
1,068
1,062
1,084
1,128
1,169
1,165
1,193
1,212
24
685
715
757
780
824
815
876
902
967
964
25
26
9,500
11,161
10,878
10,469
10,678
9,329
9,559
9,462
9,339
9,325
27
706
665
669
678
671
676
683
700
714
736
28
392
431
404
450
410
470
517
547
544
556
29
 Mali
500
549
528
544
558
566
601
626
646
677
30
1,139
1,180
1,199
1,266
1,222
1,337
1,406
1,340
1,359
1,435
31
4,304
4,691
5,232
5,834
6,164
6,491
6,555
6,844
7,437
7,816
32
2,036
2,209
2,129
2,115
2,341
2,193
2,465
2,411
2,582
2,590
33
259
280
267
290
306
311
355
392
434
468
34
3,075
3,217
3,468
3,375
3,517
3,602
3,643
3,760
3,832
3,871
35
502
516
477
478
491
452
468
462
509
506
36
1,005
1,005
1,006
1,022
1,024
1,015
1,056
1,076
1,087
1,079
37
2,658
2,735
2,787
2,737
2,565
2,645
2,811
2,763
2,817
2,706
38
503
483
527
468
416
540
496
562
590
590
39
950
968
969
990
1,014
1,036
1,052
1,061
1,080
1,103
40
993
1,025
1,034
1,043
1,037
1,087
1,101
1,126
1,176
1,238
41
8,613
9,043
9,876
10,608
10,290
10,401
11,489
12,964
13,174
13,353
42
780
727
656
654
675
605
485
396
387
351
43
5,458
5,472
5,363
5,431
5,609
5,782
6,026
6,182
6,181
6,325
44
45
2,615
2,683
2,765
2,847
2,910
3,042
3,124
3,195
3,307
3,435
46
590
604
603
605
609
626
648
665
678
706
47
 Togo
48
3,177
3,351
3,624
3,712
3,837
3,994
4,249
4,497
4,713
5,004
49
50
1,000
998
1,012
1,005
863
824
865
879
845
868
51

 

 

Selected countries of the world

Country
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
1
17,811
18,012
18,737
19,716
20,880
21,709
22,772
23,869
25,085
26,177
2
5,363
5,517
5,530
5,822
6,164
6,469
6,632
6,872
6,849
6,864
3
19,641
19,659
20,060
20,743
21,961
22,810
23,375
24,546
25,621
27,216
4
5,010
5,508
6,225
6,696
7,113
7,911
8,533
9,129
9,405
9,352
5
796
888
1,027
1,183
1,351
1,513
1,679
1,849
1,998
2,164
6
4,305
4,471
4,682
4,964
5,235
5,528
5,657
5,878
5,886
5,650
7
18,180
18,925
19,514
19,704
20,487
21,315
21,883
22,682
23,642
24,635
8
18,324
19,669
20,283
20,373
21,265
22,027
22,567
23,331
23,991
24,753
9
883
916
960
1,007
1,070
1,150
1,237
1,316
1,385
1,455
10
1,543
1,681
1,802
1,957
2,114
2,297
2,495
2,628
2,283
2,308
11
 Iran
4,540
5,166
5,001
5,077
5,092
5,152
5,766
6,224
6,371
6,487
12
 Iraq
13
13,623
14,257
14,995
15,595
16,806
18,600
20,255
22,625
24,407
26,941
14
13,293
13,951
14,762
15,080
15,891
17,253
18,011
18,450
18,966
19,446
15
19,203
20,464
21,046
21,478
22,059
22,897
23,890
24,641
24,355
24,618
16
4,839
5,406
5,906
6,362
6,900
7,523
8,244
8,797
8,057
8,464
17
7,357
7,790
8,109
8,344
8,768
8,247
8,727
9,387
9,829
10,186
18
14,495
15,595
15,717
15,763
15,814
15,788
16,235
16,544
16,793
16,507
19
7,829
8,806
9,436
10,152
11,162
12,288
13,294
14,176
13,420
14,971
20
16,306
16,590
16,965
17,686
18,783
19,704
20,609
21,635
22,657
23,746
21
23,198
23,648
24,700
25,629
26,907
27,827
29,077
30,541
31,858
33,502

 


IMF estimates between 2000 and 2009

African Country
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1
4,503
4,660
4,886
5,254
5,622
6,069
6,296
6,573
6,777
6,910
2
2,244
2,299
2,600
2,664
2,954
3,329
4,034
4,954
5,615
5,661
3
1,051
1,105
1,135
1,167
1,196
1,246
1,298
1,360
1,420
1,433
4
8,840
9,251
10,127
10,869
12,270
12,513
13,472
14,344
14,920
14,166
5
886
937
963
1,026
1,000
1,097
1,168
1,217
1,279
1,303
6
407
403
404
411
453
470
502
530
558
572
7
1,724
1,792
1,817
1,877
1,944
1,954
2,025
2,096
2,137
2,142
8
2,029
2,175
2,285
2,401
2,357
2,603
2,915
3,212
3,438
3,554
9
651
657
650
605
628
658
691
723
739
733
10
 Chad
887
988
1,062
1,137
1,513
1,648
1,663
1,672
1,695
1,651
11
1,600
1,606
1,580
1,562
1,551
1,580
1,595
1,619
1,644
1,674
12
213
213
218
228
243
262
277
294
310
312
13
1,733
1,771
1,812
1,876
1,956
2,042
2,155
2,274
2,399
2,484
14
3,912
4,052
4,165
4,304
4,514
4,762
5,157
5,505
5,901
6,112
15
4,157
6,436
7,593
8,585
12,125
13,252
13,462
16,347
17,975
18,665
16
475
508
511
498
560
633
710
796
881
955
17
755
808
811
773
789
751
742
749
669
681
18
12,105
12,336
12,196
12,451
12,634
13,081
13,329
14,126
14,559
14,298
19
1,428
1,493
1,420
1,501
1,571
1,559
1,576
1,639
1,736
1,822
20
1,443
1,504
1,559
1,632
1,928
2,030
2,168
2,316
2,503
2,565
21
866
902
937
950
936
952
987
1,011
1,061
1,043
22
926
943
922
922
923
944
973
1,011
1,061
1,043
23
1,217
1,271
1,269
1,304
1,335
1,399
1,490
1,593
1,605
1,616
24
1,017
1,067
1,093
1,153
1,228
1,305
1,475
1,581
1,681
1,746
25
428
435
449
311
354
363
388
417
425
423
26
9,681
9,279
9,123
10,312
10,787
11,566
12,484
13,532
14,285
14,146
27
763
803
695
757
795
833
879
936
998
941
28
558
535
533
562
606
606
620
680
732
784
29
 Mali
654
726
746
795
854
915
963
1,002
1,043
1,068
30
1,456
1,496
1,501
1,581
1,666
1,767
1,986
2,016
2,083
2,031
31
8,476
8,804
9,018
9,501
10,186
10,489
11,231
12,118
13,029
13,495
32
2,667
2,896
3,004
3,224
3,415
3,585
3,945
4,124
4,402
4,619
33
475
534
581
619
664
711
782
847
907
955
34
4,064
4,201
4,401
4,608
5,169
5,532
6,007
6,399
6,640
6,560
35
489
524
544
576
581
624
661
681
740
718
36
1,130
1,216
1,457
1,598
1,773
1,796
1,916
2,052
2,164
2,276
37
2,890
2,981
3,079
3,080
3,473
3,566
3,801
3,741
3,923
4,140
38
567
602
673
691
759
856
948
1,008
1,122
1,157
39
1,112
1,152
1,175
1,261
1,355
1,534
1,757
1,816
1,993
2,061
40
1,274
1,329
1,327
1,412
1,470
1,565
1,617
1,705
1,765
1,777
41
14,096
14,075
14,210
13,645
16,715
18,357
19,737
22,202
21,972
22,232
42
363
424
529
567
601
640
687
731
769
782
43
6,643
6,900
7,188
7,478
8,000
8,654
9,334
9,934
10,404
10,236
44
1,294
1,374
1,450
1,552
1,628
1,700
1,883
2,105
2,164
2,195
45
3,567
3,641
3,736
3,937
4,111
4,336
4,554
4,759
4,940
4,979
46
732
773
825
882
942
1,009
1,094
1,181
1,270
1,342
47
 Togo
685
669
655
684
696
754
790
811
828
844
48
5,273
5,602
5,731
6,115
6,653
7,182
7,757
8,401
8,888
9,165
49
689
718
768
809
933
901
998
1,077
1,158
1,212
50
909
952
977
1,025
1,084
1,130
1,211
1,291
1,361
1,428
51
833
859
794
666
294
452
451
446
373
399

 

      Selected countries of the world

Country
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1
27,250
28,211
29,439
30,628
32,131
33,603
35,056
37,069
38,003
38,227
2
7,207
7,358
7,563
7,698
8,231
8,603
9,164
9,894
10,526
10,498
3
28,993
29,862
30,898
31,843
33,409
35,150
36,934
38,427
39,095
37,946
4
9,855
10,285
10,550
11,024
11,898
12,741
13,759
14,742
15,373
15,189
5
2,379
2,616
2,881
3,217
3,614
4,102
4,747
5,548
6,185
6,792
6
5,855
6,010
6,181
6,477
6,898
7,340
7,988
8,683
9,082
9,220
7
25,972
26,846
27,346
27,978
29,176
30,406
32,006
33,470
33,959
33,238
8
26,090
27,066
27,464
27,921
29,079
30,221
32,449
34,567
35,682
34,330
9
1,534
1,599
1,673
1,798
1,973
2,190
2,441
2,724
2,916
3,098
10
2,429
2,538
2,657
2,803
2,979
3,185
3,420
3,690
3,942
4,110
11
 Iran
6,855
7,185
7,769
8,360
9,043
9,869
10,651
11,489
11,640
12,051
12
 Iraq
2,958
3,149
3,196
3,480
3,569
13
29,703
31,353
33,129
34,677
36,577
38,662
40,981
43,341
42,178
39,311
14
21,242
21,230
21,034
21,395
22,664
24,170
25,887
27,497
28,610
28,526
15
25,669
26,280
26,726
27,697
29,014
30,446
31,964
33,609
34,014
32,509
16
9,174
9,140
9,506
10,027
10,718
11,380
12,270
13,269
14,033
13,771
17
10,873
10,821
10,875
11,136
11,959
12,483
13,367
13,971
14,217
13,248
18
17,261
17,322
17,203
18,457
19,487
21,236
21,674
22,006
22,676
22,186
19
16,503
17,417
18,859
19,697
21,138
22,783
24,656
26,579
27,707
28,008
20
25,255
26,537
27,585
29,043
30,653
32,090
33,794
35,751
35,907
34,460
21
35,252
36,065
36,950
38,325
40,401
42,629
44,750
46,467
46,901
45,348

 

 


IMF estimates between 2010 and 2011

African Country
2010
2011
1
7,112
7,333
2
5,749
5,895
3
1,446
1,481
4
15,180
16,030
5
1,391
1,466
6
589
615
7
2,176
2,257
8
3,730
3,947
9
747
768
10
 Chad
1,842
1,865
11
1,683
1,590
12
328
348
13
2,537
2,642
14
6,417
6,540
15
18,209
19,356
16
1,019
1,093
17
683
735
18
15,197
16,183
19
1,893
1,943
20
2,725
3,083
21
1,049
1,083
22
1,087
1,144
23
1,676
1,746
24
1,855
1,960
25
431
456
26
14,384
5,787
27
933
934
28
821
860
29
 Mali
1,109
1,128
30
2,108
2,179
31
14,149
14,954
32
4,794
5,052
33
1,011
1,085
34
7,016
7,363
35
761
771
36
2,420
2,578
37
 4,426
 4,589
38
1,232
1,341
39
2,141
2,252
40
1,828
1,871
41
23,337
24,726
42
810
849
43
10,541
10,973
44
2,261
2,726
45
5,156
5,302
46
1,418
1,515
47
 Togo
866
899
48
9,454
9,478
49
1,252
1,317
50
1,517
1,611
51
436
487

 

Selected countries of the world

Country
2010
2011
1
39,090
40,234
2
11,314
11,769
3
39,154
40,541
4
16,112
17,222
5
7,550
8,382
6
9,585
10,249
7
33,997
35,156
8
36,013
37,897
9
3,419
3,694
10
4,353
4,666
11
 Iran
12,722
13,053
12
 Iraq
3,548
3,886
13
39,492
39,639
14
29,602
30,975
15
34,330
34,740
16
14,744
15,568
17
13,932
14,610
18
22,714
24,237
19
30,042
31,714
20
35,344
36,090
21
46,900
48,387





Using the GDP per capita or Gross Domestic Product per capita (dividing the total output of a country by the number of its inhabitants) based on purchasing power parity (PPP) as one of the parameters to accentuate the standard of living of a country's citizens, we observe with clarity that Africa's GDP per capita barely tripled over the past three decades, while the rest of the world's more than quintupled. And with inflation halving the value of output or wealth after every two decades, it becomes apparent that the standard of living of most African countries dropped over the past thirty years, while the world at large experienced substantial increase in the quality of life of its citizens.

Cameroon in particular emerges as the most mismanaged country in the world in a generation, standing out as the only country that did not experience a war or civil strife, yet impoverished its citizens through theft, corruption, mismanagement and incomprehension. Often called the "Sick Spirit of Africa" due to the usurper French-imposed system put in place in 1958 that acts against the interest of the majority of the citizens (One of the most dynamic in Africa), the regime of President Paul Biya that has been in power for thirty years exacerbates the malady with its blatant disregard of the choice and wellbeing of the Cameroonian people. As indicated in the years colored red, the Biya regime is a peculiar entity that pulls off the gamble of declaring itself the winner in elections despite putting the country into depressions and recessions. After all, it crafted the most efficient election rigging machinery in the world.

It has been observed with clarity that Cameroon and Africa risk being stuck in inertia forever if Cameroon---"The Sick Spirit of Africa”, The Democratic Republic of Congo---"The Sick Heart of Africa", do not win a place among the African countries with a sense of direction, and if they do not take their merited places as pillars of economic and democratic progress for the New Africa. These countries need to release the trapped potentials of their people, take their places as leaders in Central Africa and the "Heart of Africa", and foster their roles as the crossroads of inter-African cooperation, trade, infrastructural and telecommunication connectivity, and joint ventures.  Middle Africa needs new, advanced, progressive and democratic systems in place to facilitate not only the development of the countries there, but also the facilitation of the realization of the economic union and political integration of Africa( A working African Union)---the optimal structure Africa needs in place to lift its population out of poverty. That is what the African Economic Miracle would be all about.

Written by Janvier Chando, African writer and International author.