‘Preventing children from going to school is diabolical,’ says papal representative in Cameroon

‘Preventing children from going to school is diabolical,’ says papal representative in Cameroon

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At the start of the 2026/2027 academic year in Cameroon, the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt, warns against the forced boycott of schools in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. For the past ten years, the North West and South West regions have been reeling from a separatist crisis, with the boycott of schools a cornerstone of the separatist strategy. The statistics have been stark. According…