Cameroon’s government said 10
“Ambazonia Restoration Forces” were killed by the army in Southern
Cameroons, denying online reports of civilian deaths in the weekend military
operation.
Southern Cameroons Self Defense
groups have been fighting for independence for two anglophone provinces in the
majority French-speaking country since 2017.
The Francophone Communication
Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi said on Monday in a press release that a separatist
commander known as “General Fire Man” was among those killed on
Saturday in fighting between the Restoration Forces and French Cameroun
government army soldiers.
“Ten separatist terrorists
were neutralised, including three women” in Small Babanki in the Northwest
Region, he said.
The Southern Cameroons Interim
Government announced that 10 civilians,
including women and children, were killed by troops loyal to the regime in
Yaounde.
These were dismissed by the
Francophone government as “false propaganda” and “totally
unfounded allegations, contrary to reality”.
Fighting between the two sides —
and reprisal attacks on civilians — have left more than 3,000 dead in the two
western regions during the three-year conflict.
Human Rights Watch has also
accused Cameroon’s armed forces of taking part in the killing of at least 21
civilians on February 14 in a remote part of Northwest Region. The army has
denied the accusations.
3, March 2020
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Cameroon’s government said 10 “Ambazonia Restoration Forces” were killed by the army in Southern Cameroons, denying online reports of civilian deaths in the weekend military operation.
Southern Cameroons Self Defense groups have been fighting for independence for two anglophone provinces in the majority French-speaking country since 2017.
The Francophone Communication Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi said on Monday in a press release that a separatist commander known as “General Fire Man” was among those killed on Saturday in fighting between the Restoration Forces and French Cameroun government army soldiers.
“Ten separatist terrorists were neutralised, including three women” in Small Babanki in the Northwest Region, he said.
The Southern Cameroons Interim Government announced that 10 civilians, including women and children, were killed by troops loyal to the regime in Yaounde.
These were dismissed by the Francophone government as “false propaganda” and “totally unfounded allegations, contrary to reality”.
Fighting between the two sides — and reprisal attacks on civilians — have left more than 3,000 dead in the two western regions during the three-year conflict.
Human Rights Watch has also accused Cameroon’s armed forces of taking part in the killing of at least 21 civilians on February 14 in a remote part of Northwest Region. The army has denied the accusations.
By Camcordnews with files from AFP