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Cameroon army kills 7 separatist fighters in restive Anglophone region

Cameroonian security forces repelled a separatist attack in the war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest on Thursday, killing seven militants and injuring dozens of others, the military  said on Friday.

This is contained in a statement by the army.

The army said one soldier was injured in the encounter in Shuk, a village in the region, and significant quantities of weapons were recovered by government forces.

It said dozens of separatist rebels, armed with guns and heavy weapons, ambushed and attacked a military convoy.

The insurgency by separatists in the central African nation broke out in 2017, after separatist leaders declared “independence’’ of the two Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest.

Monday Ashibogwu

Monday Michaels Ashibogwu is Editor-In-Chief of QUICK NEWS AFRICA, one of Nigeria's leading online news service.

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