Armed men kidnap nearly 80 children in Cameroon
- 6 years ago
Nearly 80 children from a boarding school in Cameroon have been kidnapped by armed men.
The attackers raided the school in in Bamenda, the capital of the English-speaking north-west region on Sunday night.
They also took the principal, a teacher and a driver.
The kidnappers are yet to demand a ransom and police are looking for the children.
Separatists in Cameroon have been pushing for English-speaking regions to secede for decades, protesting against President Paul Biya's French-speaking government and its perceived marginalization of the English-speaking minority.
The attackers raided the school in in Bamenda, the capital of the English-speaking north-west region on Sunday night.
They also took the principal, a teacher and a driver.
The kidnappers are yet to demand a ransom and police are looking for the children.
Separatists in Cameroon have been pushing for English-speaking regions to secede for decades, protesting against President Paul Biya's French-speaking government and its perceived marginalization of the English-speaking minority.