Extrajudicial Killings Soar in Anglophone Regions as Gov’t Pursues Activists Home and Abroad

BY ENANGA MOKI Reports across Cameroon’s North West and South West regions say many youths have gone underground for fear of reprisals from authorities as witch-hunting, scores-settling and extra-judicial killings take center stage. Government repression, manhunt for alleged activists has intensified as the Anglophone Crisis deepens. The crisis that started in 2016 has since metamorphosed to an armed conflict. Since the outbreak of the Anglophone Crisis in the North West and South West regions in 2016, human rights groups and non-governmental organizations have condemned the extrajudicial killings championed by state forces against unarmed civilians including children and pregnant women, burning…