By Janet Bawak Agbornyor
After suffering a great deal in the ongoing Anglophone crisis in the South West and North West Regions of Cameroon, the whereabouts of Noche Talom Boris remains unknown till date. The crisis which broke out in 2017 in the two English-speaking regions of the country continues to have a toll on civilians, wherein thousands of deaths have been recorded amongst several other colossal damages. The crisis has rendered quite a good number of youths homeless, victims of molestations, protracted detentions, some fleeing out of the country for safety and others alleged to have disappeared without a trace.
The SUN gathered that Noche Talom Boris, one of the victims of the unending crisis, got entrapped both in the hands of Separatist fighters and some elements of the forces of law and order, resulting to his detention which culminated to acute health challenges.
Unlike other youths in the likes of ENOW Flavin Anne and many others who have escaped the bitter part of the crisis through rough routes, our correspondent on ground who opted for anonymity, revealed that Noche Talom Boris, being a victim of the ongoing crisis, is alleged to have escaped from a medical facility for safety and is yet to be traced by friends and other authorities. At the time of this report, no information had filtered out on where exactly Noche was seeking refuge, though close sources who followed up the situation were optimistic that he should be better –of anywhere else than in the crisis-plagued region which wedged so much suffering on him for no fault of his.
Speaking recently on the subject of the Anglophone crisis and its impacts especially on the civilian population of the two restive regions, Barrister John, a Human Rights lawyer said, “Civilians fear to speak out, fearing arrest and implication with terrorism charges or being tried in military tribunals often located far from home. They now stomach all human rights violations and pray for a quick resolution of the Anglophone crisis. So many young persons have died in detention and government has said nothing about them.”