After rail crash, Cameroonians vent grief, frustration with longtime ruler

[WorldNews]

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By Sylvain Andzongo and Joel Kouam YAOUNDE/ESEKA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Cameroon observed a day of mourning on Monday for victims of a deadly rail accident that has killed at least 75 people and exposed widespread frustration with one of Africa's longest-ruling presidents. At the Eseka train station near where a packed passenger train carrying more than 1,300 people from Yaounde to the port of Douala derailed and flipped over last week, thousands of people gathered to mourn. "I still cannot find my brother who was on this train," said Arouna in Yaounde, who did not want to give his full name.

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