Cameroon Minister Ambushed in Restive Region

A convoy transporting Cameroonian Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo was ambushed in the country's restive English-speaking region, leaving several dead attackers, state radio said Friday.

Four soldiers and a were also injured in Thursday's attack, said other sources, while the journalist said the convoy was ambushed again

News of the brazen badault came as the country's 85-year-old president Paul Biya – who has Posted in the troubled region – Reported to the author (s) (19659004) Journalist Gregoire Djarmaila, who writes for the state daily Cameroon Tribune and was injured by flying glbad, (1965) The convoy of about 30 vehicles, including an armor-p

It was a roadblock about halfway along the road, "and our vehicles were riddled by gunfire," said Djarmaila said.

The military escort returned fire, the convoy to reach the military post.

"But no sooner had we left the post we were attacked again. This time, they looked more numerous and determined … (they fired) on the convoy. "

Djarmaila said that" our good luck was that they were using home-made hunting guns "rather than military weapons , adding that he experienced "40 minutes of hell."

The ambush occurred in the heartland of an armed struggle to gain independence for the Northwest and Southwest Regions, a predominantly English-speaking part of the French-speaking West African state.

Biya took a hard line, ruling out any concessions.

As the situation polarized , English speaking activists last October 1 1965, 1965 They named Buea, the main town of Southwest Region which lies close to Kumba, as the capital of their purported state, Ambazonia. cognition.

A government crackdown then followed,

Meanwhile, on Friday a non-governmental organization , the Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, said 20 civilians were killed by the Cameroon army in two areas of the English-speaking Northwest Region.

Fifteen civilians including a teacher and seven members of his family including his wife and three children,

On Wednesday, it was added, at Bambili, five students were instructed to

Cameroon authorities were

The Twin Crises Have Cast a Caused by the Boko Haram Jihadists. (19659004) "I Will Be Your Candidate in the Next Presidential Election. "he said, adding that he was" aware of the challenges that we are facing for a united, stable and prosperous. "

The main opposition, the Social Democratic Front (SDF) its candidate, Joshua Osih.

Other declared candidates include Akere Muna, a lawyer and former vice president of Transparency International, and Maurice Kamto, head of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC).

The presence of a English-speaking minority in Cameroon dates back to the colonial period

The former German colony was divided between Britain and France after World War I.

The French colony gained independence in 1960, becoming Cameroon. The following year, the British-ruled Southern Cameroons were amalgamated into it, giving rise to the Northwest and Southwest regions.

According to a government report last month, English-speaking separatists have killed 74 soldiers and seven police since late 2017 while more than 100 civilians had died "over the past 12 months."

The toll has risen sharply since then. Since the beginning of this week alone, at least one policeman, including a superintendent, have been killed, and fighting erupted for several hours in Buea itself.

UN says 160,000 people have been internally displaced and 20,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring Nigeria