A plea from the Apostolic Nuncio for children to return to school

José Avelino Bettencourt, Apostolic Nuncio, that is to say the Vatican’s representative for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, launched a few days ago in Yaoundé a vibrant appeal for a return to school for children in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon in crisis, as well as in the far north region, which is prey to Boko Haram incursions.

From our correspondent in Yaoundé, Polycarpe Essomba

José Avelino Bettencourt’s plea for education comes just days before the start of the school year, scheduled for September 9.

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Bishop José Avelino Bettencourt began by recalling the figures from the World Bank: 17,500 children are prevented from going to school in the regions where armed conflicts are raging in Cameroon, in the northwest, southwest and far north. Violence is never justified. Violence comes from evil and only peace comes from God. This September, let’s not stop children from going to school. ” he said in a statement recorded at the headquarters of the nunciature.

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