Cameroon bishops deplore all forms of violence in the country
By Eratus Ndueh
Bishops in Cameroon have urged the population of Maroua in the Far North Region to work towards ensuring that peace reigns in the country while deploring all forms of violence.
The President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, NECC, in his opening address at the 47th Annual Seminar of the Bishops in Maroua, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea decried the protracted violence in the North West, South West, and Far North regions of Cameroon, and cautioned against desperation with the growing yawning poverty among the citizens amid security challenges.
Cameroon’s English-speaking regions plunged into conflict in 2016 after a protest by lawyers and teachers turned violent. An armed movement of separatists claiming independence for a country they call, the Republic of Ambazonia emerged following the government’s crackdown on protesters.
In the Far North, attacks by Nigeria’s Boko Haram fundamentalist sect have reportedly caused more than 320 thousand people, to flee the region.
Reflecting on the theme of the seminar, which was “A synodal church on Mission,” Archbishop Nkea said, “The whole church is on mission and we must promote solidarity within our Christian communities through the Gospel.”
The next annual seminar of the Bishops of Cameroon will be held in the Diocese of Buea from the 4th to the 11 of January 2025. And this will be another opportunity for the men of God to discuss issues plaguing the country for adequate solutions to be meted.
