SEPARATIST FIGHTERS REINFORCED GHOST TOWN IN BUEA

By Edwin -

More lives continue to be lost in war thorn south west region of Cameroon as separatist fighters storm the city of Buea on Monday and several cars where burn and many civilians, military as well as a Divisional officer where killed in the attack. 



Mondays have been impose by the separatist as a day for civil disobedience and civilians are always expected to stay home, businesses are also close as well as schools. In recent times the City of Buea have been disrespecting this  order and the government on the other hand has also described Buea as a town were life is normal. 

The attack took place for more than one hour yet the military was no were to be found. It should be noted that Buea is highly militarise since the war started and it remains a mystery why the military didn't show up. The city of Buea has numerous check points mounted by the military with some of them less than two kilometers apart. These check points have rather been use to extort money from taxi drivers as well as the suffering population.

While the population of Buea keeps living in fear of the unknown, they are also calling on the government to call for a sincere dialogue and discuss the root cause of the problem because no country can win a gorilla war. Others are also asking the UN to organize a referendum and let the people decide if the one to live as one Cameroon or as two separate states.

The Cameroon government keeps preaching normalcy yet lives are continually being lost every day in both North West and South west region. The call for a sincere dialogue by the international community has been ignored by the Cameroon government. Rather the government has choose the military option. 

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