Anglophone Crisis:

106 Villages Burned Down, Deserted in NW & SW

- CHRDA Report

Buea-based Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, CHRDA, has revealed what many have described as troubling statistics on the fallouts of the Anglophone uprising in villages of the troubled NW and SW regions of Cameroon.

            In a release issued by CHRDA and signed by its Founder/CEO, Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla, it notes that “since October 2017, after the first military raids in NW and SW, 106 villages have been deserted, burned down and their inhabitants have either partially or totally deserted the villages.

            The release adds that 65 villages in the SW region and 41 in the NW have been attacked, burned down partially or completely, and deserted either partially or totally.

            Also, out of 65 affected villages in SW, 45 are severely affected, while out 41 in NW, 25 are severely affected.

            The release notes that destruction of civilian property, wanton and wide-scale pillage and burning of villages by the Cameroonian military constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

            “These crimes and acts are to be thoroughly investigated and perpetrators brought before competent authorities,” further notes the release, which states that “CHRDA has documented evidences of these crimes, alongside eyewitness testimonies, video and photographic records.”