From the US State Department
Press Statement
Heather Nauert
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
February 5, 2018

The United States condemns the ongoing violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, including the murder of two Cameroonian gendarmes in the North West Region village of Mbingo, a Cameroonian soldier outside of Bamenda on February 1, an electoral official of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) in Bangem, and the reported deaths of four civilians in Bamenda and Belo on February 2 and 3. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and to the people of Cameroon.

We also call on the Government of Cameroon to respect the human rights, including due process, of the 47 Cameroonians forcibly returned from Nigerian custody to the Cameroonian authorities on January 26, and many of whom had reportedly submitted asylum claims in Nigeria. We urge the Governments of Cameroon and Nigeria to adhere to their obligations under international law to refrain from forcible returns to asylum-seekers back to their countries of origin. The 47 Cameroonians are now held in detention in Cameroon allegedly in connection with tension and violence in North West and South West Regions. We expect the government of Cameroon to afford these and other individuals previously detained all the rights and protections enshrined in Cameroon’s constitution, consistent with the nation’s international obligations and commitments.

 

Who is Heather Nauert?

Heather Nauert joined the State Department as spokesperson in April 2017 after a career in broadcast journalism.

As a New York-based anchor and correspondent at the Fox News Channel, Ms. Nauert was responsible for overseeing breaking news on the top-rated US morning cable news show. She regularly solo anchored programs on Fox and contributed to every news platform, including radio and internet, covering global and domestic crises and interviewing senior elected and military officials. In 2016, she traveled to battleground states to report on the presidential primaries and election. She also reported from the Republican and Democratic conventions, presidential debates and the inauguration.

Previously, Ms. Nauert served as a network correspondent for ABC News where she traveled extensively for breaking news stories in the United States and abroad. She was also previously a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Prior to working as a journalist, Ms. Nauert served as a health insurance consultant in Washington, DC She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and Mount Vernon College in Washington.

17 comments
  1. Then we URGE STATE OF ALASKA TO ASK FOR INDEPENDENCE AND YOU GONNA SEE HOW TRUMP GONNA ROAST THEM, NYAMFUKAH GO SPEAK LIKE THAT TO SPAIN ABOUT CATALUNA INDEPENDENCE, OR BASTIA IN FRANCE, LYBIA WAS A GREAT COUNTRY UNTIL YOU GUYS CAME IN AND CREATE HELL, BUT YOU GONNA KILL ALL CAMEROONIANS IN ORDER TO DIVIDE IT..COME AND ASK YOUR OWN GAS AND PETROL, WITHOUT USING TERRORISTS

    1. First of all franco-Camerounian soldiers and gendarms kill unarmed Ambazonians. When we speak about justice and equal treatment you kill us. When we demand for reestablishing the federation which was fraudulently stolen you kill us. You franco-fascists push us to the edge. Don’t wonder if we go separate ways.

    2. TYTY, Biya separated the country by renaming it LRC= East Cameroon check your history. If you wanna blame someone then Biya is your man. LRC is not equal to LRC PLUS SC. The gas , you are talking about belongs to SC not LRC. Why is LRC in SC? Is not for the Gas?

    3. That is your pipe dream. You all lickers of white french asses. Do not pull us the Amba people into your silly mess, you frenchee niggas

    4. ALL LA REPUBLIC PEOPLE ARE PATHETICALLY LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE TO SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT US THE AMBA POEPLE.THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THEM CRYING ‘DONT LEAVE US’!! AS YOU WILL SAY IN YOUR FRENCH MASTERS LANGUAGE ‘TANT PIS’. YOU PATHETIC NIGGAS WHO WANT TO BE MORE FRENCH THAN THE ACTUAL FRENCH PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

  2. Who is this Jolo,
    You are noted for making irrational statements why can you stop sending out bad news. Who ever and where ever you are leave ambazians alone. We are peaceful people and we fight for our resources and a better life. No more slavery. Go to hell if you hate ambazians.

    1. Ignore that coconut head. He is a paid troll to distract us. He is a notorious liar like his boss Issa Bag Garri. LOL

  3. @Veronica I am a proud son of NW, not an Ambazonian, a funny name created from a basement in Lowell Massachusetts by illegal and low class peoples such as Alex Mbianda. You guys are soo stupid to believe what all this 411 are telling you.
    You will realized your stupidity only when many will have die already.
    After so many years in America working minimum wages and Ambazone is the best you could guys could come with? How about creating companies in NW and SW to help our people? How about asking for self governance instead of this stupid seccession? Good luck with that my family is safe and I hope yours is.

  4. jojo or juju you are one of those la republic paid sellouts who we are looking for here in NW to set as an example. You cowards. I personally I am searching for people like you to hang them up for vultures to eat.

  5. @Saa and @George I could well be a coconut head, but we will soon talk again after your stupid idea of seccession fail. I am in the front line of virtual fight and I can tell you that all your virtual leaders are spending their days stabbing each others for little money tbey collect from all you morrons in the name of seccession. We will have real autonomie sooner or later so stop all the nonsense bloodshed.

  6. There’s no respect of human rights by this gangster regime.A bloody regime that has no regards for humanity.They kill,arrest and torture and term us TERRORISTS for the mere fact that we take the streets in order to express our human rights.What a shame.

  7. @Winifred Nenkaa I could not agreed with you more, but we should be fighting for a total autonomie not for secession. What country in his right mind will support a such an idea? Let go back to the basic of self governance and we Will see that the entire country will follow our lead. Cameroon doesn’t belong to this old man and we need to focus and not letting all this people from diaspora dictate our future.

  8. NO ONE EVEN NIGERIA WILL BACK YOU ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU WEAPONS, IDIOTS ARE SENDING MONEY ONLINE TO THIS PEOPLE SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR RENT AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ABROAD, AMBA-STUPID THEY CANT EVEN BUY GUNS TO PROVIDE FIGHTERS ON GROUND ZERO, YOU WILL BE KILLED FOR FREE BACK HOME

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