Cameroon: Separatists kidnap 30 women after protest action, according to authorities
Dozens of women have fallen into the hands of English-speaking rebels in northwestern Cameroon, according to authorities. The women were "severely tortured" and kidnapped by "heavily armed terrorists," local authorities said on Tuesday. The army is working on a liberation operation for the abductees, the country's military has announced. The rebels, described by the government as "terrorists", come from an Anglophone minority in the mainly French-speaking Central African country. For years, they have been fighting violently for the independence of two regions in the...