Cameroon wants to rejoin AGOA, three years after its suspension

Three years after it got suspended from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by the Trump administration, the Cameroonian government entered talks with the US, under the new administration, for its reintegration. As a reminder, the suspension was pronounced in October 2019 when the then-US President, Donald Trump, accused Cameroon of “persistent gross violations of internationally recognized human rights” in the context of the fight against armed groups in the Anglophone regions. Although Cameroonian authorities denied these allegations, the suspension took effect on January 1, 2020. “The Cameroonian government acknowledges that as Cameroon’s eligibility for AGOA was a sovereign…