Mathias Bang, Zhoa Municipal councillor for Zhoa, Menchum division, was brutally murdered by suspected separatist fighters on June 5, 2024.

Reports says the incident occurred as he was travelling from Wum to Bamenda, with the ambush taking place near Befang in Menchum division of the North West region, when separatist fighters intercepted the motorbike he was riding. Mathias Bang, a town councillor, fell victim to the violence and died from gunshot wounds inflicted by armed separatists.

Eight years after the Anglophone crisis began, the authorities have still not managed to end this bloody war, which has claimed more than 6,000 lives according to the NGO dubbed Human Rights Watch. In its latest report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  estimates that at least 638,421 people have been internally displaced by the violence in the two regions, while more than 63,204 have fled to Nigeria.