Cameroon leader says government will organise talks to solve separatist crisis

FILE PHOTO: Cameroon President Paul Biya meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) in Beijing, China March 22, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via Reuters

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's President Paul Biya announced in a rare public address on Tuesday the organisation of a national dialogue to solve a separatist crisis in the country's English-speaking regions.

Biya said the talks, lead by the prime minister and starting from the end of this month, would bring together a wide range of people to seek ways to end violence that has plagued the region in recent months.