Genocide in Cameroon

Genocide: The consequences of a divided nation.

According to the United Nations, in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the term 'genocide' is defined as the killing/serious bodily or mental harm of members of a group and the deliberate infliction of dire life conditions calculated to bring about a certain group's physical destruction in whole or in part. Put simply, a genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group. The killing of Jews by Nazis and the killing of  of Tutsis by Hutus in Rwanda are a few examples of genocides in history.

         During the Holocaust and Rwanda genocide countless crimes against humanity occurred and were allowed to continue for a period of time because people with the power did nothing until the situation became dire. Today, the 6 year civil unrest and the continuing killing of English speaking Northwest and Southwest Cameroonians by the French Cameroon government has claimed approximately 6000 lives and destroyed several villages. Two years ago, 6 children were killed in a school in Kumba, Cameroon. They were unfortunately a few in a long line of casualties of this senseless strife within the divided nation. Yet, even with these stark statistics of crimes against humanity, there is no significant response from powerful allies. It seems history is repeating itself. Will the situation in Cameroon become another genocide like the holocaust or is it already past the point of no return?

Source: https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/05/cameroon-africas-unseen-crisis/

Source: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

True Talk Reporter

Cameroon.