ANGLOPHONE REGION REACTS
Clashes intensify in crisis-hit Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon — Clashes between army and Anglophone separatists claimed several lives in the town of Kumba in Cameroon’s troubled Southwest Region province, sources said Thursday. "Several people, including civilians, have been killed in Kumba since Monday," a source close to the town’s medical services said. "These people died during various army operations" after Kumba’s police superintendent was killed on Sunday, the source said. The murder has been blamed on separatists who want secession from the French-speaking bulk of Cameroon. "There were exchanges of gunfire for much of [Wednesday] night," one witness said. "I heard gunshots all night long. Things have quietened down, but people are beginning to leave town," said a teacher, who asked not be named. The security situation has been tense for days in Southwest Region, which along with the Northwest Region was once under British rule before joining Francophone Cameroon in 1961 after independence. At least three police office...
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