In September 2019, President Paul Biya proposed a major national dialogue aimed at resolving the Anglophone Crisis in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, but this proposed dialogue by the president did not include the separatist it appears nor important English –speaking Constituencies and in addition, the President did not allow for greater Anglophone participation and neutral facilitation for the dialogue.
Biya proposed a national dialogue aimed at addressing the ongoing conflict between his government and the Anglophone separatists has laid waste to Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions. This proposal was part of his way to Solve the Crisis cause of the mounting international Concern over the Crisis.
This dialogue as proposed was an opportunity for his government and Anglophone Leaders to table the Potential Solutions but it will neither include Separatist leaders nor have much room for the Anglophones who Support the Federation within the Cameroon borders. So, this dialogue never made space for Anglophone separatists who held strong Opinions about Federalism, and even the government didn’t show much appetite for Reconciliation.
On 22 September 2022, some separatist leaders abroad restated their willingness to talk with the government, but this proposed idea was rejected by the government and the Government has not called for a cease-fire or opened a safe invitation for a proposed dialogue with the Separatist Movement or the Anglophone prisoners still in detention.
Author: Elias Babe Tiku
