Dozens of Women Abducted by Separatist Fighters in Cameroon

More than 30 women in Cameroon were abducted by separatist rebels for protesting illegal taxes imposed on them by the fighters. The separatists were collecting monthly payments from children, women, and men, imposing taxes on couples before they got married, and forcing families to pay $1,000 to bury their relatives. The Central African nation has been plagued by fighting since English-speaking separatists launched a rebellion in 2017, with the stated goal of breaking away from the area dominated by the French-speaking majority and setting up an independent, English-speaking state.