As the Genocide in Anglophone Cameroon continues, perpetuated by the government Authorities several international groups have condemned the human rights violations in Anglophone Cameroon. Amnesty International’s latest report on Cameroon documents Crimes under national law and human rights violations including unlawful killings, murders, sexual violations and abductions all committed by the Cameroondefence forces the Security forces and the armed separatist northwest and southwest regions in recent years.
In December 2022, members of the Cameroonian Army killed three people and destroyed at least 10 houses in a village in the Bui Division in the North West region of Cameroon, the incident was reported to be in retaliation for an earlier attack on the army by Separatist in the area. A village resident shared his harrowing account with Amnesty International, he was startled from his home to see some neighbour’s houses in flames Fearing for his safety, he quickly ran to grab a few possessions but as soon as he came to the door he saw 11 soldiers, all in military uniforms they asked him in French “where are the amba boys you keep in the village, ”when he truthfully said he did not know of the whereabouts of any separatist, one of the soldiers reacted aggressively, forcefully pushing him down and subsequently ordering fellow soldiers to set his house ablaze another soldier holding a five-litre gallon of petrol proceeded to douse the house with it and ignited the flames.
In March 2022, a horrifying incident took place in the village of the Mboko- Tanyi, Armed separatists attacked a Mbororo Fulani compound including a home where a woman and her seven-year-old child and six-month-old baby had been sleeping they first shot the woman and proceeded to burn the house with all three of them inside, killing all of them. The woman’s husband who was not present said that he never had any problem either with the Amba boys or anyone in the village before the attack. He told Amnesty International in despair that one of his brothers called him the next morning to tell him that the Amba boys had burned down his house with 2 of his children in it and his wife as well.
These are a few cases of so many gross human rights violations going on in the English-speaking part of Cameroon, the International Crisis Group (I.C.G) has urged the African Union to prioritised addressing the Anglophone Crisis, This appeal from the (I.C.G) adds to the numerous calls made by the international bodies to smooth out suitable means to resolve the ongoing Crisis.
Author: Elias Babe Tiku
