80 people, majority of them students, kidnapped in an English-speaking region of Cameroon

Armed separatists have kidnapped nearly 80 people, majority of them students, in an English-speaking region of Cameroon witnessing an armed campaign for independence, a governor has said.

Al Jazeera reports that Governor Deben Tchoffo said students from a Presbyterian school, located in Nkwen village near Bamenda in the restive northwest region, were abducted on Monday along with their principal, a teacher and a driver.

Bamenda is the capital of Cameroon’s northwest region, which is facing attacks by anglophone separatists.

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