Grieving for the 140 victims of a January 2024 attack in north-central Nigeria.
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Nigeria is beset with security threats. Confronting them will take regional and international cooperation.
Cameroonian demonstrators in Belgium demand President Biya step down and release all political prisoners.
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Anglophone grievances run deep and have remained unaddressed for a long time.
President Paul Biya during a visit to China in 2018.
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Biya’s long rule has robbed Cameroon of its credibility as a stable and peaceful country.
Civil rights activists at a rally calling for the rescue of abducted Chibok school girls in Nigeria.
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Adolescent girls face unique challenges in times of conflict and crisis yet they are rarely consulted about how to engender peace in their communities.
Cameroon’s soldiers patrol near a tank in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol.
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Cameroon’s anglophone crisis is not simply a dispute between two feuding groups: a range of international actors have been architects of the current situation.
A woman casts her ballot during Cameroon’s 2018 presidential elections.
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Many believe that it is only a return to the country’s two-state federation that will end the conflict and break the impasse.
Cameroonian nationals in Geneva protesting against the presence of President Paul Biya.
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What Cameroon needs is a properly mediated process signing all the parties to a pre-agreed agenda
The government of President Paul Biya is accused of committing atrocities against opponents.
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Cameroon’s English speaking people suffer gross marginalisation and are treated as second-class citizens by the Francophone government.
Cameroon President Paul Biya during the presidential elections in October.
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Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis must be addressed by the president within the first hundred days.
Cameroon is in crisis. It needs an intervention.
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It has been nearly three years since the Anglophone crisis began in Cameroon. The conflict has been vicious and it’s time for world leaders to act not just talk.
Cameroon’s Paul Biya, president since 1982 is seeking another term in October.
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Cameroon is facing daunting challenges and the president and his team must mobilise the country to find solutions.