Belgian Authorities Arrest Three for Cameroon War Crimes
Belgian prosecutors have announced the arrest of three people as part of a probe into possible crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Cameroon as a result of the country's secessionist rebellion.
The suspects were believed to be leaders of the Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF), a militia fighting for the independence of Cameroon's two Anglophone regions in what is a mainly French-speaking nation. They have been accused of directing attacks and raising funds from Belgium for the separatist militia fighting to establish the breakaway state of Ambazonia in the North-West and South-West regions.
Human rights groups have accused both the rebels and state forces of committing widespread abuses. The arrests in Belgium follow similar investigations in both Norway and the US.
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Cameroonians have been left in shock following a brutal separatist attack on a remote village in the country's Northwest region, which left more than a dozen people dead or injured. Residents described harrowing scenes of entire families being slain and homes razed to the ground - an escalation that has brought into focus the brutality of the wider conflict plaguing the Anglophone regions.
Estimates from the
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Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to five to ten years in prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country's Anglophone Northwest region.
A military court had found them guilty of murder, arson, and destruction for the 14 February 2020
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Map of Cameroon showing north-west and south-west regions.
