Cameroon Bishops, government celebrate signs of return to peace

BUEA, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Cameroon and government officials have expressed optimism that the country could be witnessing a gradual return to peace, if the hosting of the 48th Bishops’ Conference by the Buea Diocese in the troubled South West region is taken as a yardstick.

Just a few years back, it would have been a near impossibility for such an event to take place in the capital of the South West region, where separatist violence had made life nearly impossible.

For nearly nine years now...