Armed conflict in NW, SW: Gov’t launches manhunt for welder accused of aiding separatist fighters

BY CYNTHIA BIH The government, through the defence and security forces, has launched a manhunt for a welder who was accused of supplying iron rods to separatist fighters to fabricate weapons. As the crisis in the North West and South West Regions, which long escalated into an armed conflict, rages on, defence and security forces have been indiscriminately arresting Anglophone activists and other persons suspected or accused of collaborating with separatist fighters or sympathetic to the separatist cause. Sources say the arrested persons are being tortured and detained under deplorable and inhumane conditions. Some have reportedly died in detention. Elvis…