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An international atrocity that is being ignored
The genocide and abuse of human rights in Southern Cameroon is a barbaric crime – we can no longer be silent, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
People who have been internally displaced by the Anglophone crisis in Douala, south-west Cameroon

SADLY, there are so many sites of suffering in the world that some crises do not receive the urgent attention that they deserve.

The genocide and abuse of human rights in the war between separatists and the authoritarian government in Southern Cameroons, also known as Ambazonia, is an international atrocity — yet one that is not nearly discussed enough.

The global community must begin to act on the scale that the crisis demands. 

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