Armed conflict in NW, SW: Suspected separatists in peril as gov’t intensifies clampdown

BY YVETTE SIRRI The crisis in the North West and South West regions, which long morphed into an armed conflict, has been taking new twists with residents in some localities in the conflict-hit regions being caught between atrocities committed by Ambazonia separatist fighters and government’s clampdown on suspected separatists and sympathisers of the Anglophone cause, with the use of defence and security forces. Security operatives have been indiscriminately arresting Anglophone activists and suspected activists. Sources say the arrested persons are being tortured and detained under deplorable and inhumane conditions. Some have reportedly died in detention. This has caused many to…