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Cameroon is 43rd on the World Watch List, with the Far North region the most vulnerable place for Christians to live because of unrelenting attacks by Islamic militants Boko Haram and ISWAP (Islamic State – Western African Province). The government has even advised people to leave the region altogether, such is the threat of extremists.
“I relocated two years ago,” says Pastor Hamza*. “They [Boko Haram] came, they attacked. They killed. They burned the churches. Seven people died. They were burnt in the fire.”
As is the case across sub-Saharan Africa, the displacement camps many fled to are dangerously ill-equipped to care for people. There’s little food and the hygiene is desperately poor. Some instead find refuge at a church. Given the reliance on their land for survival, most decided to stay and sleep in the mountains. “We don’t dare sleep at home,” says a villager.
Cameroon is 43rd on the World Watch List, with the Far North region the most vulnerable place for Christians to live because of unrelenting attacks by Islamic militants Boko Haram and ISWAP (Islamic State – Western African Province). The government has even advised people to leave the region altogether, such is the threat of extremists.
“I relocated two years ago,” says Pastor Hamza*. “They [Boko Haram] came, they attacked. They killed. They burned the churches. Seven people died. They were burnt in the fire.”
As is the case across sub-Saharan Africa, the displacement camps many fled to are dangerously ill-equipped to care for people. There’s little food and the hygiene is desperately poor. Some instead find refuge at a church. Given the reliance on their land for survival, most decided to stay and sleep in the mountains. “We don’t dare sleep at home,” says a villager.
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