Gunmen kill nine in Cameroon market attack

Nine people were killed on Tuesday by gunmen who raided a weekly market in Bamenyam town in the west of Cameroon.

The attack on the town, which is located in the French-speaking area of Bamboutos, is suspected to have been carried out by separatist fighters, who want to establish an independent state in the neighbouring English-speaking region.

The separatist conflict has festered since 2017, with Cameroon’s minority English-speaking community complaining that they have been marginalised by the government dominated by a French-speaking majority.

More than 6,000 people have died in the conflict and close to a million others displaced.