Four people have been killed in fresh violence in southwestern Cameroon, where anglophones have launched an armed campaign for a separate state, sources said Thursday. Two students were killed by separatists on Monday in Buea, the capital of Southwest Region,” in an act of reprisal” for opposing the forced closure of schools, said a source close to the authorities. The same day, a soldier was killed in the nearby town of Limbe, a local official said. The separatists on Tuesday launched a 10-day “ghost town” campaign, aimed at closing down Buea. The signatories, including Civicus and the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, accused the Cameroon government of “carrying out a systematic and ruthless military campaign” in the anglophone regions.

Source: Punch February 07, 2019 18:22 UTC