Human Rights Watch says Cameroonian separatists target schools

FILE PHOTO: Sand covers a puddle of blood at an empty clasroom following a shooting at a school in Kumba, Cameroon October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Josiane Kouagheu/File Photo

DAKAR (Reuters) - An international human rights group on Thursday accused separatist fighters in Cameroon's Anglophone regions of systematically targeting schools, students and teachers during a civil war that has killed thousands of people.

The attacks have forced two out of every three schools in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions to close, denying over 700,000 students access to an education, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report.