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Local media in the West African nation, Cameroon, are reporting that a huge lot of 30 containers of arms have been seized in the Eastern Region of the country.
According to a reputed local paper, "Le Messager", official sources speaking on condition of anonymity are quoted as saying the huge shipment of heavy artillery was destined for Cote d'Ivoire.
It should be recalled that the Cote d'Ivoire is currently embroiled in a partisan clashes following presidential elections late last year, with two candidates installing themselves as president. In recent days, fighting has spread mostly to the east and north of the country, with major escalation imminent.
Back in Cameroon, the reports filtering out of Bertoua, the regional capital of the East Region, according to Le Messager indicates that the trailers transporting the arms in shipping containers had the republic of Chad as their provenance, and were headed for the port city of Douala, from whence they would have been shipped to Cote d'Ivoire. The containers were marked as a United Nations shipment.
This weapons seizure is similar to another that recently occurred in neighboring Nigeria. In October 2010, authorities in Lagos Nigeria seized 13 containers full of heavy miltary ordinance from Iran.
With such events occurring at a disturbing rate, one can only wonder if some obscure hand is planning something big in the Central African Sub region, or if these are long established arms trade routes that are just coming to light.
It had better be the latter, for Africa can certainly be better off with one less conflict.
Local media in the West African nation, Cameroon, are reporting that a huge lot of 30 containers of arms have been seized in the Eastern Region of the country.
According to a reputed local paper, "Le Messager", official sources speaking on condition of anonymity are quoted as saying the huge shipment of heavy artillery was destined for Cote d'Ivoire.
It should be recalled that the Cote d'Ivoire is currently embroiled in a partisan clashes following presidential elections late last year, with two candidates installing themselves as president. In recent days, fighting has spread mostly to the east and north of the country, with major escalation imminent.
Back in Cameroon, the reports filtering out of Bertoua, the regional capital of the East Region, according to Le Messager indicates that the trailers transporting the arms in shipping containers had the republic of Chad as their provenance, and were headed for the port city of Douala, from whence they would have been shipped to Cote d'Ivoire. The containers were marked as a United Nations shipment.
This weapons seizure is similar to another that recently occurred in neighboring Nigeria. In October 2010, authorities in Lagos Nigeria seized 13 containers full of heavy miltary ordinance from Iran.
With such events occurring at a disturbing rate, one can only wonder if some obscure hand is planning something big in the Central African Sub region, or if these are long established arms trade routes that are just coming to light.
It had better be the latter, for Africa can certainly be better off with one less conflict.
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