June 2, 2018 Excerpt: “Washington (CNN)The US military is continuing to provide assistance to military forces from the African nation of Cameroon despite the US ambassador to that country recently accusing Cameroonian troops of carrying out “targeted killings” in its campaign against the country’s Anglophone separatists. The African nation has been beset by violence between […]
Repression is worsening in Cameroon
Repression is worsening in Cameroon amid an uprising over language The president shows little interest in finding a peaceful solution to the crisis Excerpt: “THE parade featured singing schoolchildren and goose-stepping soldiers. A giant presidential portrait was wheeled along the boulevard. To some observers it must have looked like a comic sketch about an event […]
Africa’s next civil war could be in Cameroon – WP Article Revisited by Herbert Boh
Africa’s next civil war could be in Cameroon May 30, 2018 Excerpts: “If you look at what is going on now, you can call it a civil war,” said John Mukum Mbaku, a professor at Weber State University in Utah and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. “The government is shooting down defenseless villagers, […]
Cameroon Human Rights Report 2017
Excerpt: “Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from: a. Arbitrary Deprivation of Life and Other Unlawful or Politically Motivated Killings There were several reports security force officials committed arbitrary and unlawful killings through excessive use of force in the execution of official duties. …” Full dossier [pdf-embedder url=”http://morisc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017humanrightsreportCameroon.pdf”]
U.S. Accuses Cameroon of ‘Targeted Killings’ of Anglophones
Excerpt: “Reuters reported in February that soldiers had burned down houses with people inside and shot unarmed residents as part of a military offensive to root out the separatists in the Northwest and Southwest regions. The Cameroon army and government has denied mistreatment of its English-speaking minority. “The month of April has proven the bloodiest […]