A group of 67 anglophone dissidents appeared briefly before a military court in the Cameroon capital Yaounde on Wednesday on charges attempting an armed insurrection two years ago, AFP reported.
It quoted sources at the tribunal as saying the attacks during a four-day period in March, 1997, occurred in the northwest anglophone province when the 67 armed with automatic weapons attacked two police stations and the home of a police chief in the area.
They were not asked to plead and were remanded to appear for trial on 25 May.
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