Bamenda, 14-15 of March 2008

“Building Sustainable Peace to Ensure Sustainable Development”

For two days, different stakeholders from Cameroon and abroad will review field reports, learn and discuss ways of bringing lasting peace to the region's long standing inter ethnic conflicts, and encourage dialogue and development. The conference that is the first of its type (bringing together over 200 delegates including the Fons of the different fondoms, leaders of the civil society, the government, diplomatic missions and some key UN agencies or specialized organs) is viewed by many as a major milestone in the search for lasting solutions to conflicts and crises in the region.

The conference is coming after a field study carried out by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation on “The root causes of inter ethnic conflicts in the North West Province”. This study that lasted for over three months is the first intensive and extensive study to be carried out since the conflicts started on the dawn of independence.