Cameroon: Refugees caught between violence and destitution

Fatimatou Bouba has trouble holding back tears when she tells her story. A 34-year-old mother, of the ethnic Mbororo group, she fled the Central African Republic (CAR) six months ago – like 45,000 others who have crossed into Cameroon since 2005 – to escape the terror campaign imposed by unknown attackers known only as ‘coupeurs de route’ or ‘zaraguinas’ operating in the west of the country.