Armed conflict in NW, SW: More businessmen go underground for fear of military, separatists’reprisals

BY SANDRA LUM More and more businessmen within the crisis-stricken Anglophone regions of Cameroon have resorted to going underground after surviving arrest, torture, harsh detention conditions from the military for allegedly siding and collaborating with separatist fighters, commonly known as ‘Amba Boys’. The separatist fighters picked up arms against the state of Cameroon in quest for separation and fighting for the restoration of the independence and statehood of former British Southern Cameroons, which they have christened Ambazonia. Most of them, including those of other professions like teaching, medical personnel, journalists, drivers and technicians have equally gone underground for fear of…