07 May 2023 | IFJ
Journalist shot dead in Cameroon
Shooting
Journalist Anye Nde Nsoh was shot dead by a separatist group on 7 May, at around 9 pm, by unknown gunmen at a leisure spot in Bamenda, north-west Cameroon.
The 26 year-old worked as Regional Bureau Chief of weekly newspaper, The Advocate. He was a sports journalist with the Kick442 website and reported for the radio station Dream FM.
He is the second journalist to have been killed this year in Cameroon.
Anye Nde Nsoh had just finished working on the Monday edition of The Advocate, in which he had a front page story as well as two other stories published.
According to local reports from Bamenda, the journalist was apparently targeted and killed by the separatist group, because he was the only person shot in the leisure spot where they found him.
The leader of the Ambazonia Defence Council Separatist Faction, Capo Daniel, said in a video that “Nsoh was killed by one of the Group’s fighters.”
Separatist groups from the English-speaking side of Cameroon have been fighting for an independent state from French-speaking Cameroon. Over 6,000 people have been killed in this region since 2017.
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