カメルーン：正体不明の勢力が村を襲撃、22名を殺害

　22名のうち14名が子供、さらにそのうち9名が5歳以下。
　尋常じゃない。　

「Fourteen children, including nine under the age of five, were also among the dead, he said.」

BBC Children among 22 killed in attack on Cameroon village 17 Feb 2020

　生きたまま焼き殺された例もあるとか。妊婦も殺すときたら、なんというか、普通の勢力ならもうちょっといろいろ「人間の利用法」を考えるだろうに、と思っちゃうあたりは紛争地帯脳ではある。

「At least 22 people have been killed in an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon, the UN says.

Over half those killed in Ntumbo were children, and local media report that several victims were burned alive.

No-one has claimed responsibility for Friday's incident, but an opposition party blamed the army.」

　ということで、分離独立闘争を仕掛けている地域のようで、政府側の軍の仕業じゃないのか、と非難の声。

「Cameroon's government, which has been fighting separatists in the region for three years, denied involvement in the attack.

James Nunan, an official from the UN's humanitarian co-ordination agency Ocha, told the BBC that a pregnant woman was among those killed.」

「Armed separatist groups began to emerge in 2017 after a security force crackdown on protests. Separatists have declared independence for a new state they call Ambazonia, but Cameroon's President Paul Biya has labelled the groups as "terrorists".

More than 3,000 people have died since the outbreak of fighting and at least 70,000 people have also been displaced from their homes.」

　2017年の紛争勃発以来、3000名ほど死亡、7万人ほどが避難民生活ということで、人口稠密ならざるところとしてはたいした数だ。

「Cameroon's government has been accused of human rights abuses during the conflict, and US President Donald Trump has axed the country from a special trade program with America.」

　で。こんなところにも、そりゃあ超大国アメリカのトランプ大統領の名前が出てくるわけだが。
　この件、評価は微妙だなあ、と…。