Anglophone separatists are fighting government troops in western Cameroon while the north of the country has come under attack from Boko Haram jihadists. "These elections will not have optimum credibility," Cameroonian academic Richard Makon told AFP, contending that in the present climate, "peaceful" polls were impossible. PEACEThe MRC has for months insisted that holding elections should depend on a definitive return to peace in the anglophone regions. "The risk is that Cameroon will plunge into the chaos of post-electoral confrontation," Emmanuel Simh, the CRM's third vice-president, said. DIALOGUELast month, Biya's regime arranged what it called a "major national dialogue" to settle the anglophone crisis but the main separatist movements boycotted the forum.

Source: Daily Nation November 16, 2019 04:41 UTC