40 more soldiers have died in less than 1 week…in addition to the 84 deaths reported by Prime Minister Philemon Yang Says Minister of Defense Beti Assomo

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Cameroon’s government says the number of soldiers and police killed while fighting armed English-speaking separatists who want to split from the French speaking regions of the country has increased from the 84 deaths (recently announced by Philemon Yang) to more than 100 in the last two weeks and kidnapping of members of the security forces also continue to rise.

This information was disclosed by Voice of America News (VOA NEWS) via a recent report on the Anglophone crisis published Yesterday the 27th of June, 2018.

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NOW THE NEWS IN FULL…

On the 26th of June, 2018, Cameroon defense minister; Beti Assomo was summoned before the parliament to give a balance sheet of a war that Cameroon president Paul Biya declared seven months ago against people he said were “terrorists” wanting to divide his country.

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Speaking before an unusually quiet parliament, Cameroon Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo read the names of soldiers and policemen who have died in the war against armed separatists fighting for the independence of an English-speaking-state in Cameroon.

As Beti Assomo read through the list, Voice of America News (VOA News) counted more than 120 names of slain servicemen.

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The figures given by Beti Assomo indicates that about 40 more soldiers had lost their lives in less than one week since Cameroon’s prime minister, Philemon Yang, announced that the country had lost about 84 military and policemen.

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Robert Bapooh Lipot, a UPC opposition political party lawmaker, says it was the most touching plenary session of parliament he has ever witnessed in Cameroon.

This is what he said…

“This is the worst thing which can happen to a soldier,” he said. “A soldier knows that he can die while defending the integrity of his nation against another army, but never against its own citizens. That is why we think that those who took guns against our nation, they must now abandon this option and know that we are belonging to the same country.”

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We are optimistic that with this huge amount of deaths recorded on the side of the military, the Cameroon lawmakers will now see a reason why the anglophone problem should be prioritized.

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Source: VOA News Cameroon says Military Casualties Mounting

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