The 52-year-old is said to be playing a key role in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis, where over 6000 people have been killed.

OSLO - 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.

"Norwegian police have arrested the separatist leader Lucas Cho Ayaba. He is implicated in atrocities committed in the northwest and southwest," said CRTV radio station. Two sources had earlier told AFP that Ayaba, 52, was the man arrested.

Norwegian police have detained a German national of Cameroonian descent Cho Ayaba for allegedly inciting crimes against humanity in Cameroon, marking this Norway's first legal proceedings for such crimes.

Norwegian police have arrested Cho Lucas Yabah, a man in his 50s, on suspicion of incitement to crimes against humanity in Cameroon. Authorities are seeking to keep him in preventive custody during the investigation.

Norwegian police say they have detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting crimes against humanity in Cameroon, the first time Norway is embarking on legal proceedings fo