Cameroon: 5 Schools Reopen in Restive Regions

In Cameroon, five schools have reopened in the restive English-speaking regions after separatists shuttered them four years ago. The schools' reopening comes after the government dispatched so-called "peace caravans" to discuss the outcome of a national dialogue aimed at resolving the country's ongoing separatist crisis.

These are the voices of hundreds of school children, their parents and teachers at the campus of a government school in Tabekeng, a village in the English-speaking northwest region of Cameroon. Among the children who are happy to see their peers, teachers and institution after close to four years is 14-year-old Peter Moukeng. He says he has been longing for his education.

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