Rights activist decries Cameroon separatist leader verdict

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The UN documented more than 4,000 cases of sexual and gender-based violence in the volatile region in 2020. A thousand women are on hunger strike now to highlight the drawn-out conflict.

A group of Cameroonian women ask the United Nations to put the Anglophone crisis high on its agenda. Activists in DR Congo commemorate the victims of the deadly Six Day War. 21 years ago, Ugandan and Rwandan troops fought in the city of Kisangani. And for World Environment Day, we bring you a report from Sudan where conservationists disagree with villagers living near the country's biggest wildlife park. CAMEROON

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) has lost a battle to keep up operations in Cameroon's northwest. Communities in the English-speaking region have been caught in devastating fighting between security forces and Anglophone separatists for four years. The violence has killed more than 3,000 people and forced one million from their homes. Despite the crisis, Cameroon’s government suspended MSF's work in the region at the end of last year and talks to reverse the decision have hit an impasse.

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