UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the Cameroonian authorities to investigate the violence in the country’s English-speaking north-western and south-western regions.This was after 17 people were reportedly killed according to Amnesty International, and six according to the Cameroonian government figures. His spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that Guterres “remains deeply concerned about the situation in Cameroon”, and has invited the authorities to “shed light on the incidents”. Guterres also urged the political leaders of the two sides to call on their supporters to refrain from any new acts of violence and to work for the peace, stability and the unity of the country, according to the statement. Guterres reiterated the UN’s support for these efforts through the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). It would be recalled that activists of the Southern Cameroon National Council (SCNC) have called for secession from the rest of the country, decrying what they described as “colonization” by Francophones, who represent 80% of the 24 million Cameroonians.

Source: Cameroon Daily Journal October 04, 2017 15:19 UTC