A journalist was killed late Sunday in Cameroon’s troubled northwest region.
The victim, according to a statement issued by the local journalists union, was the west and northwest region bureau chief for the weekly newspaper “The Advocate.”
Anye Nde Nsoh was in a pub in Bamenda’s Ntarikon neighbourhood when he was attacked by unidentified assailants.
Earlier this year, a radio host and a journalist were killed in separate attacks in or near the capital Yaoundé, prompting the UN to express concern about Cameroon’s media environment.
The journalists’ death comes amid a conflict between Cameroonian authorities and some separatist factions in English-speaking regions that turned violent in 2017.
Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting between armed separatists and government troops, with atrocities committed on both sides.