Tag: Cameroon

The official start of the school year in Cameroon has been disrupted in the English-speaking North-West and South-West regions, authorities say. They told the BBC that suspected separatists were trying to scare students and teachers from attending classes in the two regions that have been riven by conflict since 2016.

The imprisoned opposition leader in Cameroon, Maurice Kamto, has challenged the legality of his trial before a military court on charges of insurrection - a crime punishable with the death penalty.

Students kidnapped from a boarding school in Cameroon's North-West region have been freed, officials say.The 78 students and three others were seized early on Sunday in the region's capital, Bamenda.

Armed separatists have kidnapped nearly 80 people, the majority of them students, in an English-speaking region of Cameroon witnessing an armed campaign for independence, a governor has said.

Dozens of people, mostly school pupils, have been kidnapped from a boarding school in the west of Cameroon.At least 78 students and three others, including the principal, were seized early on Monday morning in Bamenda, the capital of the North-West region, a government official has told the BBC.