Video / Africa 02 May 2019 1 minute

Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: How to Get to Talks?

In the last 20 months, the conflict in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon has left 1,850 dead, 530,000 internally displaced and tens of thousands of refugees. Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for Central Africa Hans De Marie Heungoup talks about how Cameroonian and international actors can play to break the deadlock and encourage the two sides to make concessions.

Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: How to Get to Talks?

Preventing War. Shaping Peace. CRISISGROUP

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