“Education is a fundamental right of just, inclusive and peaceful societies; children as a vulnerable group in society, should be given special protection”.

“Without access to education, a generation of children living in a conflict context will grow up without the skills and ethics necessary to participate in the economic development of their country, thus worsening an already precarious situation for millions of children and their families”.

“The Commission firmly condemns the attacks perpetrated by armed terrorist and secessionist gangs who still sow a climate of fear among communities”.

“The Commission especially condemns in the strongest terms the attack on 6 September 2022 on an intercity bus from Douala to Kumba carrying passengers, the majority of whom were parents who had travelled to the economic capital to begin the new school year for their children. The attack occurred on the Kumba – Buea highway around Ekona town, in Muyuka Sub-Division, Fako Division, South-West Region, resulting in at least six deaths (a woman and five men) and eight injured  (six women and two men, including a teacher)”.

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