The Land That Bleeds: Inside Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

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#BBCAfricaEye exposes the violent realities of Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis — a conflict that has gripped the country's two English-speaking regions for nearly a decade. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica For nearly a decade, there has been a violent crisis unfolding in Cameroon. It’s a conflict between Cameroon’s security forces and armed separatists over the country’s two English-speaking regions; a conflict that has subjected the local population to property destruction, unlawful killings, rapes, abductions and much more. Cameroonian journalist Blaise Eyong, who has been reporting on this story since the unrest began in 2016, takes us into the heart of one of the world’s most neglected crises — bringing us face to face with both its victims and its perpetrators. 00:00 The Land That Bleeds: Inside Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis 01:17 Funeral of Johnson Mabia 03:49 Five million caught in the crossfire 04:23 “It was very difficult to stay in Kumba” 05:05 The roots of the conflict 05:49 2016's lawyer and teacher protests 09:47 Armed separatists declare independence 12:30 “No school is to open” 13:38 Amba boys 14:46 'If everybody dies…who will you govern?’ 15:58 Government doubles down on its use of violence 18:23 “The way out is to sit down, talk.” 19:19 Moja Moja 21:46 The Grand National Dialogue 22:32 “In the face of this carnage and suffering, what kind of nation are we hoping to build?” 23:31 Abductions are now widespread 🎥 Watch this film in FRENCH here: https://youtu.be/mPU6lZBkCn4 In HAUSA here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93EqwnOHeY ...and in SWAHILI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvv7RaetryM 🎞️ Check out all Africa Eye investigations here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLajyiGz4JeyO2qgCvioQO-BzP1XCajJqt 📽️ Watch more investigative journalism from our award-winning #BBCEye investigations team at this documentary playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fa8LK1lptsvoA_spfJhzda *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #Cameroon #Documentary #Cameroun #InvestigativeJournalism #BBCAfrica #Documentaries

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