Cameroon official says the rebels took a number of women in revenge, after troops last week attacked their hideouts and killed several fighters
Reporters say they are constantly attacked or kidnapped for refusing to serve as propaganda tools for one side or the other
Civilians say they are not sure the military can protect them from the wrath of the separatists as it claims
Women from rural and urban areas assembled in Yaounde to press for their rights to education and decision making while urging a stop to early marriages and harmful traditional practices
Government calls for calm, but citizens react with fear after visitor to country diagnosed with coronavirus
Nigeria closed its land borders to all trade in October 2019 to end rampant smuggling, but in Cameroon, the move seems to be having the opposite effect
Government claims it is crushing the rebels, but villagers accuse both sides of atrocities
But opposition says peace is still absent
Government says it is preparing humanitarian assistance
French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Saturday described human rights situation in Cameroon as 'intolerable'
Many in the country blame foreign languages and colonial influence for the separatist crisis
New Boko Haram attacks have displaced more than 3,000 people along Cameroon’s northern border with Nigeria in the past three months
Witnesses in the country’s Northwest region say around two dozen people were killed last Friday when government forces invaded a village suspected of being used by separatist forces as a hideout
A least 35 civilians have reportedly been killed and 40 homes torched in less than a week in English-speaking North West region, following bloody clashes between government troops and separatists fighting for creation of independent English-speaking state called Ambazonia
Social Democratic Front spokesperson says his party has petitioned constitutional council to totally discard election results
Government calls for peace, says only authorized body can proclaim local and parliamentary elections results
Separatist fighters have vowed that the elections will not take place in the two English-speaking regions of the country and imposed a travel ban in Cameroon's Northwest and Southwest
Government says elections must be held in spite of the threats
Charities say more funding needed to help women integrate after forced marriage, abandonment by Boko Haram
Government warns that anyone disrupting polls will be arrested
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