Anglophone Crisis

The Anglophone Crisis (French: Crise anglophone), also known as the Ambazonia War,[11] is an ongoing armed conflict in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, between the Cameroonian government and Ambazonian separatist groups, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. Following the suppression of 2016–17 protests by Cameroonian authorities, separatists in the Anglophone regions (formerly collectively known as the Southern Cameroons) launched a guerrilla campaign and later proclaimed independence. Within two months, the government sent its army into the Anglophone regions. Quotes I found that everything in the house was burned, including my mother,When the military came, my wife and children ran but my mother couldn’t. She died a terrible death. We only found her head and intestines. Everything else was burned. A 43 years old man described the crisis Despite the abuses and provocations by armed separatists, the government should never be attacking civilians and burning villages Segun said External link