Cameroon bishop denounces ‘normalized’ violence in Anglophone regions

Cameroon bishop denounces ‘normalized’ violence in Anglophone regions

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo in Cameroon’s war-torn North West region has denounced a decade of violence that has plagued Cameroon’s two English-speaking North West and South West regions. The two regions have since 2016 been embroiled in conflict, with separatists fighting to break away from the rest of the country and form a new nation to be called Ambazonia. The crisis was triggered by a harsh government crackdown on teache…

Bishop Nkuo says Kumbo is not a battlefield or a slaughter slab

Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo in Cameroon’s war-torn North West region has denounced a decade of violence that has plagued Cameroon’s two English-speaking North West and South West regions. The two regions have since 2016 been embroiled in conflict, with separatists fighting to break away from the rest of the country and form a new nation to be called Ambazonia. The crisis was triggered by a harsh government crackdown on teachers and lawyers from …