« Biya Thought the War »: Valère Bessala Accuses the Government of Instrumentalizing the Anglophone Crisis to Maintain Power - Lebledparle

Author: lebledparle.comPublished on: October 4, 2026Country: Cameroon
Politics
« Biya Thought the War »: Valère Bessala Accuses the Government of Instrumentalizing the Anglophone Crisis to Maintain Power - Lebledparle

Valère Bessala accuses Paul Biya's regime of deliberately allowing the anglophone regions' crisis to serve political gains during presidential elections, especially in 2018. He claims the government strategically let the conflict grow in the Northwest and Southwest, viewing these regions as electoral strongholds to hinder opposition campaigns. He believes this manipulation influenced the election results by supplementing votes from other contested regions.

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