Internet access in Cameroon was  off in the last seven days following  a "technical failure" .

  I nternet cafes operators and users have been hard hit by the development.

"We are experiencing more financial problems as we have suffered huge losses. We have to pay for the usual charges while we have not been earning anything for nearly a week," Alain Nyamsi, manager of a café in Douala complained.

"We have no been able to work for nearly a week. Without Internet, phone call or fax abroad, we have no services to offer to customers. We have no alternative but to close," said a young lady employed in a café in the city.

Nearly all the Internet cafés in Douala have closed temporarily, pending the return of the Internet provision.

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