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Three Cameroonian Americans were arrested by the FBI and indicted by a federal grand jury in Missouri 'charging them for their roles in a conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a conspiracy to kidnap persons and use weapons of mass destruction in a foreign country.
The three men are accused of providing financial and other support to militant separatists, including efforts to build improvised explosive devices and kidnap Cameroon civilians for ransom.
“If convicted, the defendants face a maximum statutory penalty of up to 15 years in prison for the material support charges, up to three years in prison for the receiving money from a ransom demand charge and up to 20 years in prison for the money laundering conspiracy charge,” US DOJ said.
Last month, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) cleared the way for the return of Ngonnso’, the first ever restitution to Cameroon.
The Ethnological Museum in Berlin is home to a statue called Ngonnso, taken from her home by German colonialists at the beginning of the 20th century. A tribe in Cameroon has been demanding her return for decades. And now, they may finally be granted their wish.