English Cameroonians Flee Government Troops In The Southwest Of The Country

Reuters: Cameroon escalates military crackdown on Anglophone separatists

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon’s government has ordered thousands of villagers to leave their homes in the Anglophone Southwest region as it deploys troops to root out armed separatists who have vowed to loosen President Paul Biya’s long grip on power.

The deployment marks an escalation of Biya’s year-long crackdown on peaceful protests in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions that has killed dozens of civilians and forced thousands to flee their homes in fear of reprisals.

Now, the government is using force to confront an insurgency that has sprung up alongside the civil unrest.

The separatists have killed at least eight soldiers and policemen over the past month as part of their campaign to break from the capital Yaounde in Francophone Cameroon and form a separate state called Ambazonia.

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Update #1: Cameroonians Flee Government Troops in English-Speaking Regions -- DW
Update #2: Cameroonians flee anticipated military offensive on secessionists -- Africanews

WNU Editor: Cameroon is now on the brink of a civil war due to resistance against the imposition of the French language on the English speaking regions of the country.