Photo taken on June 13, 2019, shows the view of Douala which is believed to be Cameroon's center of illegal narcotics activities. (Xinhua/Jean Pierre Kepseu)
Cameroon has installed surveillance cameras in Douala, an economic hub on the Atlantic Ocean, to enhance security, in a move calculated to deal with new forms of crime and persistent terrorist attacks and threats to public order in some parts of the country.
YAOUNDE, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon has installed surveillance cameras in Douala to enhance security, an official has said.
The newly installed cameras are aimed at ensuring wider online monitoring and surveillance as well as helping police curb crime, said Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, secretary general of the presidency.
A trader carries tomatoes at a food market in Douala, Cameroon, May 23, 2022. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)
The move is one of the answers to new forms of crime and persistent terrorist attacks and threats to public order in some parts of the country, Ngoh said Thursday while officially inaugurating the National Command Center for video surveillance in Douala, the economic capital of the country.
Cameroon aims to eventually install 24,000 surveillance cameras in its 10 regional capitals as well as border towns, Ngoh said. ■
