CHRDA HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION REPORT OF THE NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST REGIONS OF CAMEROON BETWEEN OCTOBER 2020 AND FEBRUARY 2021

OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN CAMEROON:

The year 2020 is undoubtedly remembered for the outbreak of the global pandemic that has shocked humankind. The coronavirus pandemic has led to the loss of millions of lives worldwide and Cameroon is not an exception. In the midst of the pandemic, the state of Cameroon, in addition to combating Boko Haram insurgency in the Northern parts of the country, has also been struggling to ward off a secessionist war, which started as a peaceful protest in 2016 and degenerated into an armed conflict. It has displaced over 700,000 persons internally and over 60,000 to Nigeria and other countries as refugees and asylum seekers. More than 4,000 persons have also been killed and over 5 million people affected by the crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, including schoolchildren, the disabled, women and girls. Between the months of October 2020 and February 2021, the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) has noted, with great concern, disturbing reports of serious violence occurring in the North West and South West Regions of the country. These include attacks against civilians, extrajudicial killings, torture, arson of schools and villages, wanton destruction of property, retaliatory attacks, the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), arbitrary arrests, abductions, harassment and extortion, and other forms of violence, which seriously and disproportionately affect women and children.

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