Norwegian police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man on suspicion of incitement to crimes against humanity in Cameroon, and they sought an Oslo court's permission to keep him in preventive custody while the investigation continues.
Police said in a statement the man was in his 50s and was suspected of playing a key role in an ongoing armed conflict in the central African country.
A spokesperson for the Oslo district court named the man as Cho Lucas Yabah.
Separatists have been fighting government forces in Cameroon's two English-speaking regions since 2017 to protest over what they see as marginalization by the majority French-speaking authorities.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in the conflict and human rights group Amnesty International has accused government troops, militias, and separatists of killings, rapes, torture, burning of houses, and other abuses.
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