At least 56 women have been killed in Cameroon so far this year, according to the rights group Stop Feminicides 237, fuelling public anger and accusations that President Paul Biya's government (which has ruled the central African country for nearly 44 years) has done too little. Cameroonian law does not treat femicide as a separate crime from murder, and the women's ministry says a long-delayed bill to change that will go before parliament in its November session. The issue matters because Africa has the world's highest femicide rate, according to the UN, and rights groups say impunity and out-of-court settlements leave victims' families struggling to obtain justice.