Resentment at perceived discrimination have boiled over into an armed campaign for independence by Cameroon’s anglophone regions. — AFP pic
If the Senate approves the devolution law and it comes into force, the western areas where separatists are fighting government troops will be able to develop their own education and justice policies, it said. Decades of resentment at perceived discrimination have boiled over into an armed campaign for independence that has been met with a brutal crackdown.
In October, veteran President Paul Biya’s regime held what it called a “major national dialogue” to settle the anglophone crisis, but the main separatist movements boycotted the forum.
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