Cameroon: English-Speakers Claim Harassment After Government Declares Security Alert

Cameroon's displaced Anglophones, who fled from the separatist war in western regions to the capital, are accusing authorities of harassment.  Last week, the government declared a security alert following two explosions in Yaounde and began raids on houses in English-speaking majority neighborhoods.

Many English-speaking Cameroonians in the capital say they have stories of ordeals with the police, either in their houses or along the streets.

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