Unic Press UK: Maurice Kamto, a leading opposition figure, and rival to Cameroon President Paul Biya, who has been in Police custody since January, has been freed by a military tribunal in what the Cameroonian government describes as a gesture to promote national reconciliation.
The government said on Friday that some members of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) would be freed because the head of government was determined “to relentlessly pursue his efforts to find ways to peacefully resolve the disagreements confronting our country”, the Reuters news agency reports.
In the past two years, there’s been flashes of insurrection causing circa 2,000 deaths. The insurrection begun as peaceful protests by the English-speaking part of the country over perceived marginalization by the French-speaking majority. It is so serious now that the English speakers are presently aiming to succeed, create create an independent state.
As the country battled insurrection, the disputed presidential election last year, in which, the head of the opposition party Cameroon Renaissance Movement, Maurice Kamto finished as runner-up to the incumbent president Paul Biya added fuel to fire.
