For years now, the north of Cameroon has been dealing with both separatist and militant insurgencies. The violence has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and the UN reports it has impacted the education of some 250,000 children. The International Rescue Committee has warned that girls are especially impacted as “hidden victims” of the conflict. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler learns more from Antoinette Chibi, IRC’s country director for Cameroon and the Central African Republic.
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