Editing Transport in Cameroon (section)

== Roadways ==
[[File:Bus Finexs Voyage.jpg|thumb|Bus Finexs Voyage]]
[[Image:Yaounde buses.JPG|thumb|right|270px|Buses in [[Yaoundé]]]]
''Total highways:'' 50,000&nbsp;km
<br />''Paved:'' 5,000&nbsp;km
<br />''Unpaved:'' 45,000&nbsp;km (2004)

Cameroon lies at a key point in the [[Trans-African Highway network]], with three routes crossing its territory:
* [[Trans-Sahelian Highway|Dakar-N'Djamena Highway]], connecting just over the Cameroon border with the [[Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway|N'Djamena-Djibouti Highway]]
* [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]]
* [[Tripoli-Cape Town Highway]]
Cameroon's central location in the network means that efforts to close the gaps in the network across [[Central Africa]] rely on Cameroon's participation in maintaining the network, and the network has the potential to profoundly influence Cameroon's regional trade. Except for the several relatively good toll roads that connect major cities (all of them one-lane) roads are poorly maintained and subject to inclement weather, since only 10% of the roadways are tarred. It is likely that within a decade, a great deal of trade between West Africa and Southern Africa will be moving on the network through Yaoundé.

National highways in Cameroon:
[[File:Rues et pistes de Douala 04.jpg|thumb|Rues et pistes de Douala 04]]
*[[Cameroon National Highway 9|N1]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Bertoua]] - [[Ngaoundéré]] - [[Garoua]] - [[Maroua]] - [[Kouséri]], border with [[Chad]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 2|N2]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Mbalmayo]] - [[Ebolowa]] - Woleu Ntem, border with [[Gabon]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 3|N3]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Edéa]] - [[Douala]] - [[Idenau]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 4|N4]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Bafia]] - [[Bafoussam]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 5|N5]]: [[Douala]] - [[Nkongsamba]] - [[Bafang]] - [[Bafoussam]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 4|N6]]: Ejagham, border with [[Nigeria]] - [[Bamenda]] - [[Bafoussam]] - [[Tibati]] - [[Lokoti]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 7|N7]]: [[Edéa]] - [[Kribi]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 8|N8]]: [[Mutengene]] - [[Kumba]] - [[Mamfé]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 2|N9]]: [[Mbalmayo]] - Nki, border with [[Republic of the Congo |Congo]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 10|N10]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Bertoua]] - [[Batouri]] - Kenzou, border with the [[Central African Republic]].
*N11 Bamenda Ring Road Linking, Mezam, Ngokitujia, Mbui, Boyo and Menchum

Prices of petrol rose steadily in 2007 and 2008, leading to a transport union strike in Douala on 25 February 2008. The strike quickly escalated into [[2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests |violent protests]] and spread to other major cities. The uprising finally subsided on 29 February.<ref>Nkemngu, Martin A. (11 March 2008). "[http://www.cameroon-tribune.net/article.php?lang=Fr&oled=j11032008&idart=9281&olarch= Facts and Figures of the Tragic Protests]", ''[[Cameroon Tribune]]''. Retrieved 12 March 2008.</ref>