People caught in the crossfire as multiple actors clash Defence and security forces, militias, and armed separatists responsible for killings, rapes and burning down of houses The Mbororo Fulani community targeted by armed separatists Individuals who speak out against these atrocities are being threaten and arbitrarily detained
People caught in the crossfire as multiple actors clash
We call on Cameroonian authorities to investigate allegations of human rights violations and other crimes under domestic law committed in the context of the armed violence in the Anglophone regionsSamira Daoud, Amnesty International's Regional Director for West and CentralWith or against us: the population caught between the army, armed separatists and militias in north-west Cameroon
The Anglophone crisis resulted from the repressive response to largely peaceful protests in 2016-2017, which demanded an end to the marginalization of the Anglophone minority. It has since escalated into a situation of armed violence in the North-West and South-West regions, leaving the population caught up in the fighting of various actors. There is now extreme suffering and loss of life.
Discriminatory and inflammatory rhetoric targeting the Mbororo Fulani has appeared on social media. In an interview shared by a separatist media network on Facebook, a separatist leader said:"What is wrong with an Ambazonian killing a Mbororo who is an aggressor? He moved into Ambazonia from another country, into our territory. And you [they] attack our people and you [they] kill them, burn their homes, and destroy their farmlands.
One victim said:"On 3 September 2021, they came to the village and started committing atrocities. When I saw them, I quickly grabbed my daughter, and we went into the house. We closed the door, but they broke it down. They started to search the house and asked my husband to lie down... A military man raped me there."
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