Ambazonia separatists had 'no choice' but to take up arms
The conflict in Cameroon's Anglophone regions has displaced more than half a million people since it broke out in 2016.
Separatists are fighting for a breakaway state they call Ambazonia in English speaking regions of Cameroon. Government troops have been accused of extra-judicial killings and burning villages but recently there has been a focus on abuses allegedly committed by the many separatist groups too - including kidnappings.
During a visit there in May, the UN human rights Chief Michele Bachellet warned that the situation looks like it is spiraling out of control.
One of the Anglophone separatist leaders, Dr Cho Ayaba, of the self-proclaimed 'Ambazonia Governing Council', gives his assessment of the current situation.
(Photo: The wreckage of burnt out car, allegedly destroyed by separatists fighter. Credit: Getty Images)
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