Yaoundé: A capital frozen in the 1960s, 70s and the case for a new capital

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Yaoundé: A capital frozen in the 1960s, 70s and the case for a new capital

By Hans Ngala It doesn’t take an expert for one to notice the rather old buildings that make up most of the key landmarks in Yaounde, Cameroon’s political capital. Except for a few buildings at the 20th May Boulevard and Avenue Kennedy, most buildings in downtown Yaounde were erected between the 1950s, 60s, and 70s and look almost the same (or worse off) than they were in those early years.The current Treasury building around the Central Post Of…