Separatists kidnap a senator from Cameroon's ruling party.

According to news reports, a senator from Cameroon's ruling party has been kidnapped in an English-speaking region where separatist militants have declared independence.

According to local officials, Elizabeth Regina Mundi and her driver were kidnapped on Saturday in the northwestern town of Bamenda.

According to the AFP news agency, two branches of the separatist Ambazonian Defence Forces (ADF) claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

On social media, a video of the senator reading a statement asking for the Ambazonia republic's independence has surfaced.

The country's French-speaking majority, according to anglophone activists, is marginalizing the English-speaking minority.