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General Valere Nka, commander of the Cameroonian troops fighting separatists in the English-speaking North-West region, Dec. 12, 2020. (Moki Edwin Kindzeka/VOA)
Cameroon Military Accused of Killing Civilians in New Attacks on Separatists
March 7, 2021
April 3, 2021
YAOUNDÉ VOA | Cameroonians are complaining of increasing human rights abuses as the central African state intensifies raids on English-speaking rebel camps. The military says within the past week, at least 23 separatist rebels and three soldiers have been killed, but local people say most of those killed were unarmed civilians. The military is denying the accusations. There are growing calls for investigations of alleged human rights abuses by troops.
Cameroon cardinal says schools boycott turning people against Anglophone separatists
Cardinal Christian Tumi. (Credit: Crux.)
Cameroon’s Cardinal Christian Tumi says a violently enforced schools boycott is tuning the population against separatists in the country’s Anglophone regions.
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Cameroon’s Cardinal Christian Tumi says a violently enforced schools boycott is tuning the population against separatists in the country’s Anglophone regions.
On Feb. 6, gunmen struck in a school in Elak Oku in Cameroon’s North West region, taking four children away. The children have since been released, but the attack once more demonstrates just how difficult it is for children in Cameroon’s English-speaking North West and South West regions to pursue education.
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Reserved The Vatican’s Secretary of State ended his two-day trip to Cameroon’s northwestern town of Bamenda on Sunday after preaching a sermon of peace in a region blighted by clashes between government forces and armed separatists.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin jetted into Bamenda on Saturday in the heart of a lockdown imposed by separatists. When he flew out of Bamenda on Sunday, he had delivered his message of peace, dialogue, and reconciliation to the population and authorities.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s visit to Cameroon runs from January 28 to February 3. The Vatican Secretary of State met with President Paul Biya on Friday, shortly after a meeting with Bishops.
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