Kumba Farmer Declared “Enemy” by Both Sides in Cameroon’s Anglophone War Kumba, South West Region

BY SANDRA LUM A young farmer from Kumba, Achah Briston (commonly known as “Molo Molo”), has become the latest civilian caught in the deadly crossfire of Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict after being accused of collaborating with both government forces and Ambazonia separatist fighters. The ordeal began on 18 December 2022 when soldiers stopped the 23-year-old on the road to his plantation. After finding food items in his vehicle intended for farm workers, troops accused him of supplying separatist fighters. Witnesses say Briston was brutally tortured on the spot. Soldiers then reportedly drove him to the vicinity of a known separatist hideout…