Officials in Cameroon have said that individuals in the country’s Anglophone regions on Monday killed four state security officials in the town of Kembong in Southwest region’s Manyu Division.
This follows months of disputes between the government and separatists from the English speaking Cameroon who are seeking independence from the country.
The government crackdown on these separatists has resulted in months of tension and unrests.
The government spokesman, Issa Tchiroma Bakary said several separatists also killed by security forces in the clashes as the country’s President Paul Biya promises to end the independence campaign.
Tchiroma Bakary said “The assailants, ensnared by the measures put in place by our defence and security forces, are now reduced to sporadic attacks carried out by hidden faces and using perfidy”.
Cameroonians from the western part of the country are reported to be fleeing the area to escape the military crackdown on persons and campaigns seeking independence.
Hundreds of people are said to have left the country’s two English-speaking regions following intensified operation to deal with the secessionist movement in the country.
There have been agitations from the people of Cameroon’s English speaking region who have accused the Francophone majority of discrimination.
Their concerns ranges from not getting jobs opportunities and having legal systems in French language imposed on them.
Those claims have been rejected by the government. There has been a crackdown on such dissents as well in the past months with hundreds arrested just over the past four months.
Cameroon was colonised by Germany but was split into British and French areas after World War One.
Source: Africafeeds.com
