Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments of the United States Ambassador to the Cameroon that there have been "targeted killings" in its English speaking regions.

We are aware of the statement made by the US Ambassador to Cameroon, Peter Barlerin and are deeply concerned at the worsening situation in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. We continue to monitor the situation closely and make clear our concerns to the Cameroonian authiorities.

In his meeting with Cameroonian Prime Minister Yang during CHOGM, the Foreign Secretary pressed for urgent action to resolve the dispute and associated violence, and the release of detainees. The Minister for Africa also delivered the same message to Commonwealth Minister Mbayu when she met him in London.