A recent special report highlighted the ongoing conflict in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, a war that has lasted nearly nine years and remains largely ignored by the international community. Rooted in historical divisions between Anglophone and Francophone regions, the crisis escalated in 2016 after the violent suppression of peaceful protests calling for linguistic and legal rights.
Testimonies from Dominican sisters and lay members revealed the human cost of the conflict: widespread displacement, closed schools, destroyed villages, and families torn apart. In Bamenda, Dominican nuns have transformed their monastery into a refuge for women and children fleeing violence, providing shelter, food, education, and hope amid extreme hardship.
The report called on the Dominican family and the wider Church to respond through prayer, advocacy, and concrete solidarity, affirming that lasting peace can only emerge from truth, justice, and faithful accompaniment of those who suffer.
The Catholic Church in Cameroon (PDF)
Life behind the Walls: A monastic community’s response to the Anglophone Crisis
By Mathieu Vézina
By Yves Bériault