Today, Cameroon is fighting a war on two fronts with civilians and military casualties raising at a geometric rate. In its Northern regions, the Nigerian-oriented terrorist sect, Boko Haram and the Anglophone crisis in its English speaking regions threaten to tear the agile nation apart. Crisis Group warnsThe International crisis group in its Watch list 2018 publication highlighted Cameroon among the nations to be on watch this year. In their report, they observed that “the Boko Haram insurgency is on the wane in the Lake Chad basin but continues to carry out attacks against civilian and military targets in Cameroon’s Far North. While the killings and atrocities continue to multiply on both camps, many have warned of an imminent civil war.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 17, 2018 13:52 UTC