Three people today, such as a soldier and a policeman, were killed on Sunday by the western rebels Cameroonextremely shut to a region exactly where a lethal war pits English-speaking armed teams against the law enforcement, the region’s governor advised AFP on Monday, Aug.15, 2022.
A team of rebels attacked, on Sunday early morning, August 14, an army outpost in Kengwo, a village located in the western area bordering the north-west, populated mostly by the Anglophone minority of a predominantly Francophone region, explained Augustine Awa Fonka. , Governor of the West Location.
“There have been a few deaths. A policeman, a soldier and a motorcyclist. The attackers took away the weapons. As significantly as I know, there have been no casualties on their facet. “Mr. Fonka said.
The locations of the North-West and South-West have been the scene for five several years of a lethal conflict between armed teams demanding the independence of a state they connect with“Ambazonie” and the security forces deployed massively by the power of President Paul Biya, 89, who ruled Cameroon with an iron fist for practically 40 several years.
A aspect of the Anglophone inhabitants feels ostracized by the French speakers. The conflict has claimed much more than 6,000 life because late 2016 and pressured extra than a million folks to relocate, according to the Worldwide Disaster Group (ICG) assume tank.
The rebels – like the military and the police – are regularly accused by international NGOs and the United Nations of committing abuses and crimes versus civilians.
In June, five troopers had been killed by English-talking rebels in an assault on a gendarmerie put up in Njitapon, in the west of the region.
The Anglophone conflict broke out in Oct 2016 immediately after peaceful demonstrations by aspect of the Anglophone minority, which deemed itself marginalized and demanded greater autonomy or independence, and was violently repressed by the law enforcement.
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