The problem of ensuring peace and security continues to be one of the key challenges facing African countries, which, of course, creates certain obstacles to sustainable development. Protests in Africa vary in nature and intensity.

DOUALA( Reuters)-Separatist rebels have killed 15 Cameroonian soldiers and several civilians in two bomb attacks this month, the government said on Monday, marking a new phase of a conflict that has dragged on for nearly five years and cost more than 3, 000 lives.... What began with occasional raids by secessionists on police and army outposts has turned into a protracted fight that has sucked the life from large parts of the forested oil-and coffee-producing region.... The first of this month

Separatist fighters in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have systematically targeted schools, students, and teachers during a civil war that has killed thousands of people, a rights group has said. The attacks have forced two out of every three schools in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions to close, denying over 700, 000 students access to an education, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch( HRW) said in a report. The report documented attacks on at least 70 schools since 2017, when a government crackdown

A bus of Gambian footballers, startled by the chaos, raced back to their hotel. Separatist groups that pledged to derail AFCON — Africa’s biggest soccer competition — briefly succeeded.... Their stated goal: Remind the world of their grievances with the Cameroonian government.... “ We will uphold our dignity.” At least 4, 000 people have died since fighting erupted between the separatists and government forces in 2017....