Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa its 50 have you along tens of thousands of people have fled towns in English Speaking of cameroon off to renewed fighting between the military and say persists and a lockdown in the region the separatists have called for a lockdown after they lead to julius i was sentenced to life in prison for suspicion and hostility against the state in the North Western town off by amanda transport providers were overwhelmed with the number of travelers waiting at bus terminals people lawfully into french speaking towns despite all fortys urging them not to. Raise joins me from boyer thats the capital of the Southwest Region off camera high blaze tell us about this this. Movement is planning why are people so fearful off it. The reason why people are afraid of this long gun is because the separatists is going to last for 3 weeks 1st secondly this in any policy to see on the streets in this direction in this period will cost us a spy for me to be as a spy for the government are you going to be gone down so a lot of people are afraid and in a lockdown like this it means that people are supposed to stay home you know supposed to go are you supposed to go to the market you know suppose you go out to fish what it means everybody sees all many people are really scared us why a lot of people and even its all right so theres since been renewed fighting but can you tell us about that. Yes our. All you did after the announcement at 10 separate is that its into this will live imprisonment in places like we saw a group one of those severances militia called the. Women i was selling in markets and and ill tell you how out of competitions also in the south was in some parts of the south was between separatists and Government Forces and unlike a mission area separate these forces are also in a form of protest. Rounds in places like going into. Base give us a sense of how much support stands they separatist movement have a mad cameroonians in the and and the regions. And i think theres a huge some point but we want a school is that not all and reforms and agree on that approach so some people believe that this does happen then we can cause but some people do not believe that they are true should be violence it should be. Is solutions attacking but missile yes but the reason of huge support in terms of i mean the sense been for decision or whatsoever to say we are marginalized going to the other people who have been. Right now the government has been backing the aca phone separatist since we saw the 1st signs of violence in 2016 plays give us a sense of whats that mean for people on the ground well house side effects of daily life. I mean on the ground its really means if you go through the calm one month because these are 2 persons hold it these are 2 entities all the so you have the government the state of on one side you have the surfaces on the other side so when the separatists and the government have a competition there is no front line to this war these wars fought on the streets is for the markets what and where Government Forces suspect that they are separate use. Of fighting thats all she does to get sometimes of course in the crossfire or one of the. Affected or of sectors in the spot of the Country Kitchen education has really been heat since the crisis begun in 2016 and. 2070 do you know when to investigate and see how kids are coping in these time schools are not openly in the infant regions and they speaking to me earlier from his report hes mentioned about children being forced to stay out of school food and chicagoans is the father of 3 children all of them including his 7 year old daughter brilliant have been out of school for the past 3 years English Speaking separatist band education in the area and 2016 as a way of exerting pressure on the francophone government many parents like collins are too afraid to defy the ban very very important for me to send my tears to score you know you cannot millenia in an environment i do you cannot be with less is so does our own classes things like that because time is something that comes with a pen and a pupa not been read and most of the weapons things that are on. This school in the city of kumba was one of the few that kept teaching students despite the ban but now its also closed its doors it was just too dangerous for staff and students to risk coming here more than 2000 pupils used to learn at the school the vast majority of them currently have no alternative place of education menace course across the region tough shut down just like this and some of this relocated to areas they consider say collins does as much as he can to teach his children. Some families are hiring private tutors or sending their kids to underground schools in private homes but cullen simply cant afford these options he also doesnt have enough money to move to a safer area where some schools are still operating under massive Security Patrol this means brilliant test a full go the luxury of a school education. And. If you like to go back to school. Last week a military tribunal handed down life sentences to 10 and often separatist leaders including ioke tabi the head of the movement. I born in congo is a human rights lawyer and a vocal advocate for the under phones he believes students should return to class but he says the sentencing of the separatists will destroy efforts to get schools reopened is the see sean has taken us a little bit back because whats an already was security situation. Some of the cypriote is what this is a lot didnt know want kids to go to school but to give reasons for do is when the me to do this without thing without it would send the kids to school to use the security situation on as an excuse for kids not to go back to school. Collins now works as an assistant trainer at a local Football Academy it offers free training to children who are out of school. All the kids here havent sat in a proper classroom for at least a year as the conflict drags on a generation of cameroonians are growing up without an education. An extraordinary sense of africa where a taxi drivers singing career got a stop to a video of him went viral a passenger recorded means in goma belting out opera in a durban cab the video has since collected 3 quarter of a 1000000 years the japanese agent krrish took a ride with the serenading driver. I just learned that the outports here in durban the sun is still shining in the well as beautiful theres only one downside the airport here is pretty far away from the city center but even that is not a big deal for me today because i have a very special taxi driver waiting for me. Since he was just 27 years old on top of south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger filmed him singing opera in his taxi and the video went viral oh. Oh oh she. 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Was im still in florida and i need to put bread on the table as well so i have to when i have to with that kind i cannot stop because i havent got that stable income. About this flame but its cool dad can see it so its going there. Menzies determines to advances korea he says luck is still on his side every chance he has is as good as good. And leave it all back no its thats it for now from news africa you can catch oil stories on our website and facebook page. Until next time its 5 an hour. Coming up on the bench are some of the famous naturalist and explorers. To celebrate comics oh no from the books 250. Morning on the foliage of discovery. Expedition boy on. The small screen and small to be changing some people making it possible to go to africa. Fantastic right try that as they set out to safeguard. Good learn from one another. And Work Together for a church. See for yourself comfort go w. Bush cut. Him. 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