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Cameroon: Government 'Declares War' On Secessionist Rebels
[All Africa] The secessionist crisis in Cameroon...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... 's western region is deepening, with the government promising to crack down hard after anglophone bully boyz rubbed out four soldiers and two coppers last week. The soldiers were killed in an ambush on a military convoy outside the town of Mamfe on 29 November in Cameroon's anglophone South West Region. The coppers were killed the following night in the nearby town of Eyoumojock. The secessionist Ambazonia Defense Forces, the armed wing of the Ambazonia Governing Council, grabbed credit for the attacks. Ambazonia is the name anglophone separatists have given to the homeland they hope to carve out of western Cameroon in this majority French-speaking country. The shootings bring to 10 the number of security forces killed since last month. Promising action, Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo said on Saturday that "measures will be taken immediately" to "eradicate this inconvenient situation", without elaborating further. State radio was blunter. "[President] Paul Biya has declared war on these Death Eaters who seek secession," it announced. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-05 |
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