Cameroon's 2025 Presidential Race: Empty Promises on the Anglophone Crisis
As Cameroon gears up for its October 2025 presidential election, a troubling pattern has emerged among opposition candidates that exposes the shallow nature of their campaigns and their disconnect from the country's most pressing humanitarian crisis. The Anglophone Crisis as Political Currency The Anglophone crisis, which has ravaged Cameroon's Northwest and Southwest regions since 2016, has suddenly become the centerpiece of every opposition candidate's platform. What was once a neglected issue in national political discourse is now being treated as a golden ticket to the presidency. Every aspiring leader is making bold proclamations about resolving this complex conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced over a million people. The uniformity of their promises is both striking and concerning. Candidate after candidate confidently declares they will end the Anglophone crisis within their first 100 days in office. These sweeping guarantees sound impressive ...