US EditionPope arrives in Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting
The truce is meant to protect civilians and pilgrims as the pope promotes peace in a conflict that has killed more than 6,000 people, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV arrives in Cameroon for a four-day visit aimed at urging peace in the Anglophone Crisis, where English-speaking separatists have fought the government for nearly a decade.
- Separatists agreed to a three-day pause in fighting to allow safe travel for the pontiff and civilians, providing rare relief from an insurgency that has caused more than 6,000 deaths by 2024.
- More than 3.3 million people face food insecurity due to the violence, with residents like 52-year-old mother Caro Bih struggling to survive as families lose homes and livelihoods to the unrest.
- A planned private meeting with 93-year-old Cameroonian President Paul Biya has split Catholics, with clergy members fearing the encounter could burnish his image following his disputed re-election six months prior.
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Pope arrives in Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the central African nation of Cameroon on the second leg of his Africa tour. He's bringing a message of peace to its separatist region, where fighters have announced a three-day pause in fighting. He'll…
Pope Leo lands in Cameroon with message of peace as separatists announce 3-day truce
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon Wednesday for the next stop on his 11-day apostolic journey across Africa. Separatist groups in the English-speaking west declared a three-day ceasefire to allow the…
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Pope heads to Cameroon with message of peace for conflict zone
Pope Leo XIV left Algeria on Wednesday headed for Cameroon for a four-day trip that includes a visit to the epicentre of a nearly decade-long separatist conflict, where he is due to bring a message of peace.
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Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting
Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon on the second leg of his Africa tour. He's bringing a message of peace to its separatist region, where fighters have announced a three-day pause in fighting. He'll…
After a stop in Algeria, Pope Leo XIV is expected at about 3 p.m. in Yaoundé, where he begins a three-day visit, from 15 to 18 April 2026. In this country of Central Africa of nearly 30 million inhabitants, multi-denominational with a Christian majority and a number of crises, the sovereign pontiff makes a move under the sign of peace and reconciliation. This is the fourth visit of a pope to Cameroon, after those of John Paul II in 1985 and 1995…
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Pope to urge peace in Cameroon's conflict zone
Pope Leo XIV is to arrive in Cameroon on Wednesday, the second stage of an African tour shadowed by insults from US President Donald Trump and suicide attacks in Algeria on his first day.
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