For more than a month, villages in Logone-Oriental province have been targeted by armed men whose origin and motives are debated. The canton of Andoum was targeted again on Friday, May 19.
Three villages were burned by what one notable described as a veritable horde on horseback. Churches were looted and seven people were killed, including a village chief. The previous week, it was the region of Goré, further southeast, which had seen several localities attacked.