I spoke to the Commander for US Special Operations in Africa Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks on the US-#Cameroon military cooperation despite human rights violations allegedly committed by @PR_Paul_BIYA forces. This is his response 😐
Tension in Tombel:
Nine drinking spots and shops have been burnt at Mile 20 neighbourhood in Tombel, Kupe Manengouba Division, SWR this Monday.
Residents testify how the military engaged in a gun battle with restoration forces in the area shortly before the fire broke out.
Bamunkumbit Razed
-Hundreds Homeless
Hundreds of inhabitants of Bamunkumbit village, Balikumbat sub Division of the North West Region of Cameroon have flee to bushes and other far localities for safety after weekend’s violent attack.
The people https://t.co/Qzo3LY36It
1975. Susannah Mondoa, (Former Secretary, West Cameroon Scholarship Board; Kate Idowu author of famous Auntie Kate's Cookery Book; Dorothy Njeuma, (former Vice Minister of Education, former VC @UBuea); Gladys Endeley (former Mayor of Buea) #Cameroon#FemmesKmer#Kmerherstory
How many among us are suffering from STS (Secondary Traumatic Stress) - triggered by the daily deluge of gruesome pictures & videos from "Ground Zero" - without realizing it? Time for a study on what is surely a silent epidemic #AnglophoneCrisis#AmbazoniaConflict#Cameroon#PTSD
Barrister Fru John Nsoh says Cameroon's hospital in Kumba, Meme Division of the South West region, was burnt by Soldiers last week, in search of Separatist fighters.@BBCAfrica@UNHumanRights@FRANCE24
I am appalled by the fact that UK media is happy to provide acres of news coverage of Shamima Begum & yet appears largely indifferent to or ignorant of the atrocities being perpetrated by the regime of President Paul Biya of Cameroon. #humanwrongs#SouthernCameroons#Ambazonia
Cameroon's Embassy in Washington states that it wasn't informed of the reductions in US security assistance.
And that "Cameroon strongly denies accusations that U.S. military assistance has been investigated and prosecuted through proper judicial channels."
How can a supposedly train officer treat a fellow citizen this way? This is a classic case of gross violation of fundamental right to peaceful assembly and cruel and inhuman treatment. Unfortunately this has become widespread and systematic. The institutionalization of torture.