81 police, soldiers killed in Cameroon's anglophone crisis

Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have killed 81 members of the security forces and more than 100 civilians in their months-long campaign for independence, according to a government report obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

Seventy-four soldiers and seven police have been killed by separatists since clashes erupted in the two regions in late 2017, it said.

It added that more than 100 civilians had been killed "over the past 12 months," and at least 120 schools - a favourite target of the radicals - had been torched.

The document also calls for an emergency humanitarian aid plan worth $21m, funded from "the state budget, an appeal to national solidarity and contributions from international partners".

SOURCE: NEWS24
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