The timing of the fire is raising some eyebrows. It happened less than
two days after lawmakers from Cameroon’s main opposition party SDF
announced they would boycott this session of parliament.
The 15 opposition MP's are demanding the government do more to resolve a year-long strike in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions.
The strike was called to protest the dominance of the country’s French-speaking majority, and has escalated amid a government crackdown and the emergence of separatist groups demanding full independence.
Arson attacks have been a hallmark of the unrest, with dozens of schools, business and public buildings torched in the anglophone regions since January. No one has claimed responsibility. However it is believed the locations that have been burned were targeted for failing to respect the calls to strike.
The opposition SDF lawmakers, many of whom are from the anglophone northwest and the southwest, say they have been threatened and even physically attacked at home for continuing to serve in the National Assembly.
The 15 opposition MP's are demanding the government do more to resolve a year-long strike in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions.
The strike was called to protest the dominance of the country’s French-speaking majority, and has escalated amid a government crackdown and the emergence of separatist groups demanding full independence.
Arson attacks have been a hallmark of the unrest, with dozens of schools, business and public buildings torched in the anglophone regions since January. No one has claimed responsibility. However it is believed the locations that have been burned were targeted for failing to respect the calls to strike.
The opposition SDF lawmakers, many of whom are from the anglophone northwest and the southwest, say they have been threatened and even physically attacked at home for continuing to serve in the National Assembly.
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