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Cameroon separatists kill 15 soldiers in attacks using explosives

Cameroon separatists kill 15 soldiers in attacks using explosives

SEPARATIST rebels have killed 15 Cameroonian soldiers and several civilians in two bomb attacks this month, according to the government, marking a new phase of a conflict that has dragged on for nearly five years and cost more than 3,000 lives. Insurgents are seeking to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia in western Cameroon. They began fighting the military in 2017 after civilian protests calling for greater representation of the French-speaking country's Anglophone minority were violently repressed. What began with occasional raids by secessionists on police and army outposts has turned into a protracted fight that has sucked the life…
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At least six Cameroonian soldiers killed in raid by Islamist insurgents

At least six Cameroonian soldiers killed in raid by Islamist insurgents

AT least six Cameroonian soldiers were killed and four wounded during an attack by Islamist insurgents on an army outpost in the far north of the country, according to the state broadcaster CRTV. The attack is the deadliest in recent months in northern Cameroon, which alongside neighbouring Nigeria and Chad, has been battling the Boko Haram militant group for years and, more recently, militants linked to Islamic State. "Our outpost in Sagme was attacked this morning around 4 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) by a horde of assailants. There were six to seven vehicles and motorcycles and some were on…
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Cameroonian soldiers accused of mass rape

Cameroonian soldiers accused of mass rape

JOSIANE KOUAGHEU CAMEROONIAN soldiers raped at least 20 women and killed a man in a raid on a village last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged on Friday, calling it one of the worst attacks by the army since an insurgency by Anglophone separatists began in 2016. Witnesses told the New York-based rights group that the attack on March 1, 2020, was a reprisal against civilians in the western village of Ebam suspected of collaborating with rebels seeking independence from the mostly Francophone state. Reached for comment, Cameroon's army spokesman dismissed the findings. "We have better things to do than…
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UN calls for probe into army attack on civilians

UN calls for probe into army attack on civilians

EDWARD McCALLISTER THE United Nations has called for an investigation after Reuters reported that Cameroonian soldiers opened fire on fleeing civilians during a weekend raid, killing up to nine people. Three witnesses told Reuters that soldiers entered the village of Mautu in the South West region - at the heart of a separatist insurgency - raided homes and shot civilians as they ran for cover under nearby cocoa bushes. The Cameroonian military denies wrongdoing. It said it was conducting a raid on separatist positions when it came under fire and had killed what it labelled "terrorists". "Deeply concerned & saddened…
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