Attackers kill police officer, kidnap teachers in Cameroon’s northwest
Security forces in Cameroon are searching for attackers who killed a police officer and kidnapped five teachers during a raid on a teacher training centre in the country’s Northwest Region, according to the governor.
The Northwest Region is one of two English-speaking regions in Cameroon where separatist groups have been fighting government forces for about 10 years.
Teachers and lawyers were objecting to the francophone authorities’ growing grip on the education and legal systems of the two English-speaking regions, where 20 percent of Cameroon’s population lives.
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