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Spotlight | Cameroon
Torn over separatist question, Biya resumes talks

President Paul Biya of Cameroon. © Blondet Eliot/ABACA

The president's chief of staff and other senior members of government are complicating any steps towards reconciliation with the Anglophone separatist movement by digging in their heels. [...]

Published on 15.12.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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