Kameruns Bürgerkrieg

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Im Oktober hatte ich dazu schon einmal eine Meldung eingestellt, und es hat den Anschein, als wie wenn dieser schwelende Konflikt erneut in das Grenzgebiet zwischen Kamerun und Nigeria übergeschwappt ist. Indessen jedoch war der jetzige Gewaltausbruch eher einem lokalen Konflikt zwischen Rinderhirten und den Separatisten geschuldet, wobei die nigerianischen Hirten auf der Suche nach Nahrung für ihre Herden die Grenze passierten und sich dann weigerten, Abgaben dafür an die Rebellen zu entrichten...

Cameroon Deploys Troops to Nigerian Border After Separatists, Herders Clash

Maroua, Cameroon — Cameroon's government deployed at least 100 troops Wednesday to Gayama, a village on the border with Nigeria, after clashes between Cameroonian separatists and Nigerian herders left at least 12 people dead. Cameroonian officials say the fighting broke out six days ago, after herders who crossed the border in search of food for their cattle refused to pay taxes the rebels demanded.

Abdoulahi Aliou, the highest-ranking government official in Menchum, the administrative unit in charge of Gayama, said the rebels killed two herders immediately upon their refusal to pay. [...] Aliou said the herders came back in huge numbers, attacked separatist camps, and killed at least four fighters. Six civilians, including the traditional ruler of Munkep village and his son, were also killed in the clashes. [...]

The U.N. says the conflict has left more than 3,500 people dead and 750,000 displaced.

https://allafrica.com/stories/202301190006.html

Und noch etwas - Zogo hatte Tage vor seiner Entführung gedroht, er werde Details zur ausufernden Korruption in der Regierung veröffentlichen. Angeblich hat er seine Beweise direkt an Präsident Biya übermittelt. Inhaltlich soll es um Korruption zwischen Medienorganisationen und dem Finanzministerium gegangen sein.

Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction

Martinez Zogo’s kidnapping is the latest in a string of attacks against journalists in the African country.

The mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist has been found near the capital, Yaoundé, five days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants. Media advocates described Martinez Zogo’s disappearance and death as a further sign of the perils of reporting in the African country.

Zogo, the director of the private radio station Amplitude FM, was kidnapped on 17 January by unknown assailants after trying to enter a police station to escape his attackers, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said. [...] The incident is the latest in a string of attacks against journalists in Cameroon, which is ruled by President Paul Biya, who has a decades-long record of repressing opposition.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...-abduction

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