Reasons why the Cameroonian government had backed out of the agreement are unclear
Three days after Canada announced it would be facilitating a long-sought peace process for the armed conflict in Cameroon, the government of Cameroon has dealt a severe blow to the process by denying the substance of the Canadian announcement.
On Friday, in her announcement of the Canadian role, Ms. Joly said that the Cameroonian government was among the parties that had agreed to a formal peace process with Canadian mediation. “Canada has accepted the mandate to facilitate this process,” she said in the announcement. The English-speaking regions have felt marginalized by the French-speaking majority for decades, with grievances dating back to the early 1960s when British-controlled and French-speaking regions were merged to form a single country. Secessionist forces have tried to form a new state, called Ambazonia, but it has failed to gain any international recognition.
Just hours before the Cameroonian government denied the agreement, the U.S. embassy in Cameroon had said it commended the government and all parties in the talks “for their courage in taking this important positive step toward a sustainable peace.” The British high commissioner in Cameroon, Christian Dennys-McClure, said the announcement of peace talks was “a very welcome development.”
“I assume Canadian officials and others in the international community were prepared for this denial, given the regime’s track record,” he told The Globe. “Now the real diplomacy begins.”
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