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Offline TomSea

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From my understanding, this conflict is largely just down between the languages, English and Spanish, the people have taken sides. I guess the English-speakers want their own state.
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World News
September 10, 2019 / 4:44 PM / 2 days ago
Cameroon leader says government will organize talks to solve separatist crisis

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced in a rare public address on Tuesday the organization of a national dialogue to solve a separatist crisis in the country’s English-speaking regions.

Biya said the talks, lead by the prime minister and starting from the end of this month, would bring together a wide range of people to seek ways to end violence that has plagued the region in recent months.

An insurgency erupted in late 2017 after the government cracked down on peaceful protests in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest English-speaking regions. Protesters were complaining of being marginalized by the French-speaking majority.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-politics-idUSKCN1VV2QH