They say soldiers manning checkpoints on their road to safety are like hungry lions on the loose.

The tougher action against Anglophone activists in Cameroon  – some of whom call for establishment of separate state  –  follows President Paul Biya declaring war on secessionists.

English speaking people make up less than a fifth of the more than 23-million Cameroonians.

Their grievances speak to marginalization and domination by  the French-speaking authorities.

The Kumba-Mamfwe road that carries trade between Cameroon and Nigeria is almost emptied by the unrest.

Anglophone residents in the northwest and southwest of Cameroon say they’re not prepared to risk their lives traveling along it.

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