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News Cameroon Government: Switzerland Says It Is Mediating Talks as Cameroon's Separatist Crisis Deepens

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
Switzerland Says It Is Mediating Talks as Cameroon's Separatist Crisis Deepens
News source: https://www.voanews.com/africa/switzerland-says-it-mediating-talks-cameroons-separatist-crisis-deepens

Switzerland has officially said it is helping the government of Cameroon negotiate with rebels to end the separatist crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in Cameroon. The Swiss ambassador to Cameroon, Pietro Lazzeri, spoke in Yaounde about attempting reconciliation after more than 20 people were killed within two days of fighting in the crisis-stricken regions. Pietro Lazzeri, Switzerland's ambassador to Cameroon, says his country is mediating the political crisis that has plagued Cameroon’s English-speaking northwest and southwest regions since 2016.

News Cameroon Government: Swiss government mediating in Cameroon’s separatist crisis

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Swiss government mediating in Cameroon’s separatist crisis
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/swiss-government-mediating-in-cameroons-separatist-crisis/2019/07/21/06cfcfd4-abcb-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.html

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Switzerland’s ambassador to Cameroon says his government is trying to negotiate a peaceful end to the separatist crisis in which an estimated 2,000 have died. Ambassador Pietro ...

News Cameroon Government: The Swiss luxury getaway of Cameroon’s president Biya has become a hotbed of conflict

Published on: Thursday 04 July 2019
The Swiss luxury getaway of Cameroon’s president Biya has become a hotbed of conflict
News source: https://qz.com/africa/1658958/cameroon-paul-biya-geneva-getaway-marred-by-growing-protests/

Cameroon’s longtime president Paul Biya ... Meanwhile some Francophone opponents to Biya’s government, regretted that Maurice Kanto, a rival to Biya in the October 2018 presidential election ...

News Cameroon Government: US Congress Delegation Calls for Talks with Rebels in Cameroon

Published on: Tuesday 02 July 2019
US Congress Delegation Calls for Talks with Rebels in Cameroon
News source: https://www.voanews.com/africa/us-congress-delegation-calls-talks-rebels-cameroon

A United States Congressional delegation visiting Cameroon has called for unconditional talks between the government and rebels on the country’s separatist conflict.  The two-year struggle, in which Cameroon's English-speaking western regions have fought to separate from the French-speaking government, has killed close to 2,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.  But the government says it will not engage in any talks with the rebels that includes the issue of separation from Cameroon. California Congresswoman Karen Bass told journalists in Cameroon late Monday that the government and

News Cameroon Government: Cameroon crisis risks spiralling out of control: UN aid chief

Published on: Monday 13 May 2019
News source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/cameroon-crisis-risks-spiralling-control-un-aid-chief-215526020.html

Cameroon is wracked by a conflict between separatists and government forces in its English-speaking west, combined with an influx of refugees from the Central African Republic and Nigeria. "Both the ...

News Cameroon Government: Nigeria: Over 90,000 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon - Officials

Published on: Monday 13 May 2019
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905140080.html

"Necessary arrangements have been made by the Adamawa State Government to receive the refugees, who would pass through Adamawa transit camp from Minawawo camp in Cameroon. "About 4,000 of the ...