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Cameroon: Free almost 30 women kidnapped by rebels

Nearly 30 women, who were kidnapped on May 20 by rebels in the west, have been freed Cameroon. The region is plagued by a bloody conflict between separatists of the Anglophone minority and law enforcement.

The women were released by their captors on the evening of May 23, after three days of detention, said Dennis Omgba, director of the Communications Ministry’s Media Observatory.

These “elderly” women had been kidnapped on May 20 “by armed terrorists” in the village of Kenjom Keku, in the northwestern region, after they took part in a demonstration the previous day to protest the taxes demanded every month for every man and woman by separatist rebels, the local prefecture said at the time.

Authorities still use the word “terrorists” to refer to armed rebels fighting for independence in the northwest and southwest regions, which are mostly inhabited by the Anglophone minority of this predominantly French-speaking central African country.

Source: News Beast

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