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

An MSF surgeon operates on a patient in south-west Cameroon. The suspension means the charity is no longer active in the country’s anglophone regions. Photograph: Scott Hamilton/MSF

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (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.