Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron can be a peacemaker in Cameroon
By DW
25 July 2022 |
11:59 am
Macron is in a unique position to urge his opposite number, Paul Biya, to embrace inclusive peace talks to end the nearly six-year conflict devastating Cameroon's Anglophone regions, writes Rebecca Tinsley.
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