Representatives of Cameroon’s government held talks with the main leaders of an Anglophone separatist insurgency for the first time. Violence broke out in 2017 following a government crackdown on peaceful protests by Anglophone lawyers and teachers who complained of being marginalised by the French-speaking majority.
The fighting has caused more than 3,000 deaths and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
Last year, Switzerland mediated talks between the government and exiled separatist leaders, but the discussions did not produce any significant results.
Source : CGTN Africa
