A global human rights organisation said on Thursday that at least 170 civilians have been killed since October in fighting in English-speaking western Cameroon between separatists and government forces. “Government forces in Cameroon’s anglophone regions have killed scores of civilians, used indiscriminate force, and torched hundreds of homes over the past six months,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a… Read more »
As in many African countries, Cameroon’s borders do not show the true ethnic borders of the region, thus there is much conflict. In addition to being separated by many tribes who hold more regional power than the actual government, the country is essentially split down the middle between the francophone east and the anglophone west. At the moment, there has… Read more »
All Africa As a campfire burns in a remote village on Cameroon’s northwestern border with Nigeria, seven men and five boys roast cocoa yam for supper. The eldest among them, 45-year-old Bruno Nfor, says the group has spent at least a week in the bush after violence broke out in the town of Tadu. Armed separatists attacked the town, he… Read more »
