Anglophone Crisis: Gov’t crackdown intensifies as separatists remain adamant to realizing secession

BY LUSY LIMA The Anglophone crisis that started with separate strikes by common law lawyers and teachers of English speaking extraction in 2016 has degenerated in an armed conflict, with tension raging in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon. In spite of several calls for protagonists to give peace a chance, kidnapping, killing,wanton arrests and detention, as well as the burning down of villages and property have taken centre stage, with accusations and counter accusations being the order of day. The crisis,now turned civil war, has recorded multiple deaths on both sides of the divide. While the…