At least seven Cameroonian activists from the volatile Anglophone regions were convicted by a military tribunal on Friday of rebellion and terrorism. They were were also ordered to pay a joint fine of $464,000 plus legal fees. The convicts include the group’s leader, Mancho Bibixy, a radio presenter in the Anglophone North-West Region. Correspondents say Mancho Bibixy’s radio broadcasts are associated with a radical movement in the north-western town of Bamenda. The North-West and South-West regions are the two mainly English-speaking areas..

Source: The North Africa Journal May 26, 2018 06:00 UTC