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Cameroon: Civilians Massacred in Separatist Area
HRW, 27 February 2020
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A new report from Human Rights Watch alleges that government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 civilians in Cameroon's Ngarbuh village, including 13 children and a pregnant woman, on February 14, 2020. They also burned five homes, pillaged scores of other properties, and beat residents.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in an attack on a village in northwest Cameroon. Almost two dozen villagers, including 15 children, were found dead in the anglophone village of Ngarbuh after an incident linked to separatist clashes that began in late 2017.
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Villagers in Cameroon's volatile northwest region are fleeing separatist violence ahead of February 9 local and parliamentary elections. Rebels have vowed to stop the elections and are clashing with the military, while civilians are caught up in the fighting.
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Top U.S. diplomat to Africa, Tibor Nagy, says Cameroonian officials are not doing enough to solve the separatist crisis that has killed more than 3,000 people in the English-speaking regions. While some commentators say he offers solutions, others say he does not fully understand the context.
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