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Author: R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain

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R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain

R. Maxwell Bone is an MPhil Candidate in African Studies at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. He has conducted fieldwork in Anglophone Cameroon. Follow him on twitter @maxbone55. Akem Kelvin Nkwain is a Human Rights Officer at the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, and an LL.M research fellow at the University of Buea. He has conducted fieldwork across Anglophone Cameroon. Follow him on Twitter @NkwainAkem.

  • Anglophone crisis: Chiefs in Northwest Cameroon. Credit: Christian.
    CameroonPolitics
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    June 29, 2021
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    Why are Cameroonian separatists attacking local chiefs?

    The recent murder of three chiefs highlights traditional leaders’ role in the Anglophone crisis and suggests the conflict is far from over. On 13 February 2021, ...
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  • anglophone crisis At a primary school in Cameroon. Credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer.
    CameroonPoliticsSociety
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    November 3, 2020
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    1

    After the Kumba massacre: Schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis

    Until recently, activists in the diaspora and separatists had insisted that schools remain closed and used violence to ensure it. On 24 October, armed men attacked ...
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  • Cameroon plan
    CameroonPolitics
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    September 8, 2020
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    Cameroon’s curious plan to rebuild from the war, while it still rages on

    The government and UNDP have announced a plan for the Anglophone regions. How have people reacted? This spring, Cameroon’s government announced a new plan for the ...
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  • How has COVID-19 affected Cameroon's two Anglophone regions? Credit: jbdodane.
    CameroonCovid-19
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    May 27, 2020
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    Fighting continues in Anglophone Cameroon despite COVID-19 concerns

    Government raids have displaced people, increasing risks of transmission. Separatist attacks have impeded humanitarian and public health efforts.  Read all our COVID-19 coverage  For every region ...
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  • Despite recent developments, Cameroon has continued its combative military operations in the Anglophone regions. Credit: Staff Sgt. Whitney Hughes.
    CameroonPolitics
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    January 13, 2020
    5288
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    Cameroon grants ‘special status’ its to restive regions. They don’t feel special

    The government says a new bill removes Anglophone separatists’ reasons to fight, but what’s actually in it? In the last week of 2019, Cameroon’s parliament approved ...
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  • CameroonPolitics
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    October 29, 2019
    4339
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    Why has violence increased since Cameroon’s National Dialogue?

    The government’s Grand National Dialogue and apparent change of approach was supposed to resolve, not intensify, the Anglophone crisis.  Over the past month, the government of ...
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  • President Paul Biya of Cameroon has been in power since 1982. Credit: UN Photo/Marco Castro.
    CameroonPolitics
    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    September 30, 2019
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    Why Cameroon’s national dialogue will accomplish nothing

    President Biya could have outlined a new plan to address the Anglophone crisis. Instead, he announced talks, beginning today, that are doomed to fail. On 10 ...
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