US, France to support conflict resolution in Cameroon

The U.S. and France on Tuesday committed to supporting a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Cameroon, a State Department Spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday following a meeting on the margins of the G7 Ministerial in London, UK, between Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and French Foreign Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean Yves-le Drian.

Armed conflict continues in the Northwest and Southwest Anglophone regions of Cameroon that began largely after lawyers’ protests and a teachers’ strike in 2016, according to a State Department human rights country report.