In this file photo taken on October 3, 2018 members of the Cameroonian Gendarmerie patrols in the Omar Bongo Square of Cameroon’s majority anglophone South West province capital Buea during a political rally of the ruling CPDM party, Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement of incumbent Cameroonian President Paul Biya.
President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 37 years, hopes the talks will end the crisis that is also hurting the economy of the coffee and cocoa-producing Central African state. Anglophones are mainly concentrated in two western areas, the Northwest Region and the Southwest Region, that were incorporated into the French-speaking state after the colonial era in Africa wound down six decades ago. Many locals in the two regions complain of discrimination and marginalisation.
“The government should make greater space for anglophones, particularly federalists who are willing to attend. It should also seek a neutral facilitator.”But anglophone supporters are also divided between those two options for their regions. Akwanga told AFP that the event was a “smokescreen for the international community rather than an attempt to secure a complete and lasting solution… to the annexation of our country, Southern Cameroons”.
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