Separatist gunmen kill at least 20 in Cameroon

Anglophone separatists have killed at least 20 people, and injured another 10, in a dawn raid in western Cameroon.

Anglophone separatists have killed at least 20 people, and injured another 10, in a dawn raid in western Cameroon.

The gunmen attacked the village of Egbekaw, a neighbourhood in the town of Mamfe, setting houses on fire and killing men, women and children as they slept, local government official Viang Mekala told journalists on Monday.

English-speaking separatists have been fighting to carve out an independent state called Ambazonia in western Cameroon. Armed groups have clashed with government forces and carried out attacks, kidnappings and killings in the region since 2017.

Another official reported that 23 people had been killed and 15 houses burned.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.