26, February 2022
French Cameroun: Armed men kidnap 5 MSF workers in Far North Region 0
Armed men have kidnapped five people working for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Cameroon’s Far North, the organization’s local branch said Friday.
Overnight Thursday into Friday, armed men broke into the organization’s base in Fotokol and abducted five people, MSF Cameroon said. Neither the identity nor the motives of the perpetrators are known at this time, it said.
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province are known to launch attacks in the region that lies between Nigeria and Chad.
Source: ABC News
28, February 2022
National Gendarmerie frees five Southern Cameroons IDPs held hostage in Centre region 0
Cameroon National Gendarmerie said on Saturday its forces have freed five hostages in the Centre region where the capital Yaounde is located.
The hostages, including three women and two men who had escaped from an armed separatist conflict in the country’s English-speaking region of Northwest, were kidnapped by unknown individuals in Sombo village of the region on Thursday, the gendarmerie said in a statement released Saturday night.
On Friday, security forces launched an operation to rescue the hostages in the Ndoupe forest where they were being held.
“This operation made it possible to release the hostages that same day at around 7 p.m. local time. The kidnappers had fled before the arrival of the gendarmes,” the gendarmerie said in a statement.
Security forces are grilling the victims and investigations are underway to arrest the kidnappers, according to the gendarmerie.
Cameroon has beefed up security in communities that host internally displaced persons who are facing persistent threats from unknown individuals, according to security reports.
Source: Xinhuanet