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Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaoundé at the end of January.
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaoundé at the end of January. © Paul Biya/Facebook
Despite pressure from the European Union, and more recently the Vatican, the Cameroonian government is still in favour of a military response to the crisis in the country's Anglophone regions and is only half listening to negotiation options. [...]
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