Anglophone Crisis: EU MP Instructs EU to imposed Economic Sanctions on Cameroon

A political lobbying group led by Frederica Mogherini, an EU MP from the European Union head quarters in Brussels, has requested that the European Union as an economic partner with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Nations, could insert enormous pressure both financially as well as economically, on  Cameroon to force its government engage in dialogue with aggrieved Anglophones.

The pressure group is calling for the ‘unconditional’ and ‘immediate’ release of the members of the Ambazonia government arrested in Nigeria since January 5.

According to Frederica, ‘it's imperative to stop this crisis before it spreads across the gulf of Guinea’. “The European Union Commission has the mandate to mediate and resolve conflicts affecting their partners in a manner of objectivity and neutrality," he said adding that, “this task equally involves the former colonial masters who have an obligation to ensure peace”. 

Arne Gericke, the coordinator of MEP GRATUIT ELECTEURS and the Coordinator of the group ECR, has asked the ACP delegation to the European Union for the promotion of autonomy to be steadfast. “The Anglophone Crisis has become the latest hot spot in Africa and demands the intervention of the former colonial masters so that peace can reign. This is because they are a people with a right to self determination and self actualization. The European Union has a particular responsibility towards the people of the Anglophone regions of Cameroon," he said.