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handle is hein.crs/govciws0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Sevice Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress April 6, 2018 Tensions have grown in western Cameroon since the government's suppression of a protest movement led by members of the country's minority Anglophone community in late 2016. In 2017, the situation escalated as one Anglophone faction symbolically declared the secession of the region and some Anglophone groups took up arms. While granting minor concessions, the government has arrested dozens of activists and deployed the military to put down unrest. The crisis has heightened historic fissures in Cameroon's diverse society and adds to the country's political and security challenges. (See CRS In Focus IF 10279, Cameroon.) Multiple Members of Congress have expressed concern about human rights abuses, including reported arrests of U.S. citizens and residents. President Paul Biya (85), one of Africa's longest-serving leaders at nearly 36 years in office, is widely expected to run for another 7-year term in elections slated for October 2018. Biya has no clear successor, spurring concerns about a potential political crisis should he die or become incapacitated in office. National Assembly elections are also expected before year's end. Biya's party, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, won 63 out of 70 Senate seats in indirect elections in March 2018 (the remaining 30 Senators are appointed by the President) and holds a majority in the Assembly. The ruling party has Anglophone members, notably including Prime Minister Philemon Yang, in office since 2009. Prior to the expansion of the Boko Haram conflict from northeast Nigeria into the surrounding Lake Chad Basin-which includes Cameroon-in 2014-2015, U.S. policy toward Cameroon was focused ... on finding ways to influence the Cameroonian Government to adopt political reforms, as the then-Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs testified in 2012. Since then, U.S. engagement has come to emphasize counterterrorism partnership. Cameroon participates in the donor-backed Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and hosts about 300 U.S. military personnel supporting regional counterterrorism operations. Historically a minor recipient of U.S. security assistance, Cameroon has become a significant beneficiary within Africa, with funding administered by the Departments of State and Defense. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN10881 GRS }NStGHT Prepaed for Membeivs and Cornnittees o4 Corq ess ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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