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UN main asks Republic of Cameroon to probe deadly attacks on anglophones


UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Republic of Cameroon to probe deadly attacks inward the country's restless English-speaking percentage afterwards protests leading to a symbolic proclamation of independence.

At to the lowest degree 17 people were killed inward weekend attacks inward generally French-speaking Cameroon's southwest, a percentage i time nether British rule.

Guterres "calls on the Cameroonian government to investigate these incidents", his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said inward a disputation belatedly Monday.

He called on "political leaders on both sides to appeal to their followers to refrain from whatever farther acts of violence, in addition to to unequivocally condemn all actions that undermine the peace, stability in addition to unity of the country."

Guterres too urged "representatives of the Anglophone community to ... (seek) solutions to the community's grievances, inside the framework of the Cameroonian constitution."

Amnesty International said "at least" 17 people had been killed yesteryear safety forces.

On Sunday, separatists used the Oct 1 anniversary of the official unification of the English- in addition to French-speaking parts of Republic of Cameroon to declare independence for "Ambazonia" -- the cite of the province they desire to create.

Anglophones concern human relationship for nearly a 5th of the West African nation's population of 22 million.

English-speakers complain they bring suffered decades of economical inequality in addition to social injustice at the hands of the French-speaking majority.

AFP

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