What to know about Cameroon’s separatist violence that the pope seeks to end

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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon’s northwestern city of Bamenda on Thursday to lead a peace meeting in a region battered by separatist violence that has claimed thousands of lives since it started nearly a decade ago. The event, which is part of the pope’s programs for his tour of four African nations , seeks to highlight the interfaith movement that has been seeking to end the conflict and care for its many traumatized victims. Clashes have intensified in recent years