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Police in Cameroon shot dead four anti-government demonstrators in one of the Central African nation’s minority Anglophone regions on Thursday.
This follows an on-going protest against alleged discrimination against minority English-speaking people.
Officers initially tried to scatter the demonstrators using tear gas, a Reuters reporter then saw the police open fire on the crowd, which had continued to grow in size.
Protests first broke out in early November in Bamenda when lawyers and teachers demanded better working conditions in a rare act of defiance against President Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon since 1982.
The government has initiated several attempts to hold a dialogue with the protesters who have hardened their demands for separation from Francophone Cameroon.
