The Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: Reasons And Issues

The picture of the situation in Cameroon is as follows: in the Far-North region, the jihadist Boko Haram sect launches deadly assaults on the population with explosions; the English-speaking regions of the North-West and the South-West are undermined by deadly violence forcing the population of this region to move. Since 2016, troubles in English-Speaking regions have begun. In the form of simple and peaceful demands, the crisis has become an armed conflict that calls for urgent solutions. On October 1, 2017, separatists declared the symbolic independence of the former British Cameroon under the name of Ambazonia. The crisis has already changed dimension. Today, The term “Anglophone Crisis” is a generic appellation given to the series of events taking place within the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon. In this study, we aim to understand the reasons and challenges of this problem.