An armed separatist group in Cameroon's southwest wants the government to be give official status to a state called Ambazonia.
The so-called Ambazonia Freedom Fighters have attacked villages, schools and businesses over the past year.
Their aim is to pressure the government into establishing an English-speaking state, in what is a mostly French-speaking nation.
Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby reports on the effect this has had.
