Cameroon’s language dispute keeps schools shut
English-speaking regions of Cameroon are attempting to break away from the French-speaking majority and establish their own state called Ambazonia.
Education has been a key focus at peace talks in Cameroon this week.
But as negotiations draw to a close on Friday, hundreds of thousands of children are still being excluded from school.
Cameroon’s English-speaking regions are fighting to break away from the French majority – and create their own state.
That has forced 98 percent of the schools in Anglophone regions to shut.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Yaounde.
Published On 4 Oct 2019