The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region of Cameroon, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups.

 Emmanuel Lampaert, MSF's operations coordinator for Central Africa in a statement says her organisation cannot stay any longer in a region where it is not allowed to provide care to people.

However, Lampaert says MSF will keep a small liaison office in Bamenda, the regional capital, to continue dialogue with the authorities for resumption of its activities.

Adolphus Mawolo reports.