Africa: All of Africa Today – February 24, 2026

Cameroon Jails Soldiers for 2020 Massacre in Anglophone Region

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to five to ten years in prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s Anglophone Northwest region. A military court had found them guilty of murder, arson, and destruction for the 14 February 2020 attack on the village of Ngarbuh. The soldiers and a Fulani militia killed civilians, including 13 children, and burned homes. The incident was a rare…