Cameroon Separatist Leader Sagat Killed in Army Strike

Africa · Central Key Facts —The target. “Major General Sagat” was the presumed commander of the Fako Mountain Lions, a separatist militia operating in the Southwest region’s Fako division. —The pattern. The killing mirrors a long series of army decapitation strikes against self-styled separatist generals, including “Field Marshal” Lekeaka and “General Rasta.” —The conflict. The Anglophone crisis has killed roughly 6,000 people and displaced over 700,000 since 2017, with both state forces and separatists accused of serious abuses. —The war economy. Violence is monetised through checkpoint extortion, kidnappings, and arms …