“I have decided to convene, from the end of this month, a major national dialogue to allow us… to examine the ways and means to respond to the deeply-held aspirations of the populations in the Northwest and Southwest, but also in all the other componen...
Cameroon President Paul Biya on Tuesday announced that he intends to hold a major “national dialogue” later this month in a bid to put an end to the conflict between security forces and armed separatists from the anglophone minority in the west.
Biya, who has been in power for 37 years, reiterated his offer of a “pardon” to any separatists who voluntarily lay down their arms while vowing that those who refuse to do so will face “the full force of the law” as well as the country’s security and defence forces. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “welcomes the announcement” and “reiterates the readiness of the United Nations to support the dialogue process,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
The current crisis began in late 2016 and escalated a year later when English-speaking militants symbolically declared the creation of the independent “Republic of Ambazonia” in the two regions. In a bid to foster conciliation, in December last year, Biya ordered the release of 289 people arrested in connection with the crisis.
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