Appointment of new PM underlines increased likelihood of Cameroonian president offering negotiations to resolve Anglophone insurgency

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Cameroonian President Paul Biya selected his first new prime minister since 2009 when he chose Joseph Dion Ngute to replace Philemon Yang on 4 January.

Ngute will head a new government named by Biya following his victory in yet another deeply flawed election on 7 October 2018, which extended