Manhunt heightens as gov’t fishes out alleged Anglophone activists as crisis rages on

BY Jessica Ako A long and arduous search for alleged activists backing the Anglophone crisis is underway amidst the ongoing unrest in the North West and South West Region of Cameroon. Faced with the deteriorating, socio-political conditions and other security concerns, the Cameroon government has, in a desperate attempt to calm the troubled waters, multiplied efforts at apprehending those considered brains behind the crisis. What started as a strike action in 2016 by Common Law Lawyers and Anglophone Teachers has escalated into armed struggle, characterised by civil disobedience, violence, intimidation, kidnapping for ransom and an outright lawlessness with the military…