English crisis : The army pursues the policy of house burning

English crisis: the army pursues the policy of the 'house' burned

Village burned by BIR elements

Mungo Ndor located 20 km from the town of Nguti, department of Koupé-Manengouba, Southwest region after a military invasion this week (Friday). Several villagers are now homeless; others simply escaped for the bush. The rate of displacement is increasing every day in a worrying way. 

Like many other villages, this village located 20 km from the commune of Nguti, in the department of Koupé-Manengouba, in the south-west region of Cameroon was Friday, collateral victim of clashes between suspected armed elements of belong to English-speaking separatist groups and the Cameroonian defense and security forces.

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"Soldiers are going from house to house and arresting young people suspected of belonging to the Ambazonia Defense Force (ADF-armed wing of the English-speaking separatists). Those arrested are sequestrated, beaten and their homes burned, "said John Ngu, a resident of one of the villages affected by the fighting. 

Story that official sources have broken down. "The army has done its job professionally and with respect for human rights," according to remarks by Colonel Didier Badjeck, spokesman for the Cameroonian army.