Médecins Sans Frontières suspends operations in parts of Cameroon over detained staff

Health charity in an untenable position' in anglophone parts of the country as it is accused of taking sides in internal strife

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended its work in Cameroon's south-west region and demanded the release of four staff members who have been detained for months, accused of helping secessionists.

Two MSF staff were detained at a checkpoint in December when they were transferring a patient with gunshot wounds. Another two were held by Cameroonian gendarmerie in January.