Cameroon apologizes after official says ‘arrogant’ Jews brought on Holocaust
Deputy justice minister causes outrage in Israel after comparing local Bamileke people to Europe’s Jews, who ‘frustrated’ Germans due to their hold on ‘all economic power’
By AFP
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Cameroon's Deputy justice minister Jean de Dieu Momo speaks to the Crtv network on Sunday, February 3, 2019 (screenshot)
Cameroon's Deputy justice minister Jean de Dieu Momo speaks to the Crtv network on Sunday, February 3, 2019 (screenshot)
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The Cameroon government has expressed “sincere regret†to Israel over comments made by a minister who compared the Bamileke people to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.
Deputy justice minister Jean de Dieu Momo appeared to warn arrested opposition leader Maurice Kamto that he was leading the Bamileke people to a fate similar to that of Jews murdered in World War II.
Deputy justice minister causes outrage in Israel after comparing local Bamileke people to Europe’s Jews, who ‘frustrated’ Germans due to their hold on ‘all economic power’
By AFP
Today, 2:11 pm 5
Cameroon's Deputy justice minister Jean de Dieu Momo speaks to the Crtv network on Sunday, February 3, 2019 (screenshot)
Cameroon's Deputy justice minister Jean de Dieu Momo speaks to the Crtv network on Sunday, February 3, 2019 (screenshot)
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The Cameroon government has expressed “sincere regret†to Israel over comments made by a minister who compared the Bamileke people to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.
Deputy justice minister Jean de Dieu Momo appeared to warn arrested opposition leader Maurice Kamto that he was leading the Bamileke people to a fate similar to that of Jews murdered in World War II.

