Armed shot and killed a journalist late last Sunday night in Bamenda, in the northwestern region of the country, the editors’ union announced.

It’s about at least her third murder media worker in the West Central African state by 2023.

Anie De Nso, bureau chief covering the west and north-west of the country for The Advocate newspaper, was in a pub in the Daricon district when unknown people opened fire against him, said his colleague Melanie Defroux, who was nearby when the attack took place.

But two people have been killed this year, namely a radio presenter and a journalist in two attacks in the capital Yaoundé and near the city.

The United Nations is concerned about the situation faced by media workers in Cameroon.

Cameroon Association of English-Speaking Journalists (CAMASEJ) confirmed the murder calling for a thorough investigation.

Stressing that attacks against journalists are now too many, CAMASEJ president Jude Wyban pointed out that “the long-standing conflict in the north-west and south-west regions of the country puts journalists at serious risk”.

A representative of the local authorities said that he had not yet been informed about the attack.

There has been no claim of responsibility so far.

The killing of Anie De Nso was committed against the background of the conflict between the Cameroonian authorities and separatists in the English-speaking regions of the country, which turned into war in 2017.

Thousands of people have been killed since then; both sides have been accused of a host of atrocities.

Advocate director Tarjang Enoubika Tabe said the death of his reporter “shocked” him, adding that he had just finished work on the newspaper’s current issue, which hosts a total of three of his reports, one of them on the front page.