About 200 stalls have been destroyed by a huge fire which ripped through a market in Cameroon's main English-speaking city, Bamenda, reports BBC Afrique's Frederic Takang from the scene.

The cause of the fire at the Food Market is unclear.

The government blamed a fire at the market last year on separatists demanding independence for Cameroon's English-speaking regions. The separatists say English-speaking Cameroonians face discrimination, and are fed up of being part of a country ruled for more than 35 years by French-speaking President Paul Biya.

The government accuses the separatists of being "terrorists" threatening the central African state's unity. (BBC)