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The present stalemate in the Southern Cameroons (Former West Cameroon) began in October 2016 with the Common Law Lawyers Association’s¹(MELA, FAKLA, MALA AND NOWELA)strike and followed by the Anglophone Teachers Trade Unions (SYNES, TAC, CATTU, PEATTU, CEWOTU, and BATTUC) strike in November amid serious and numerous grievances underlying a political volcano.

The Francophone state-‘La République du Cameroun’ had her independence on January 1, 1960 and at the time Southern Cameroons as part of the British Cameroons²was a trust territory administered by Britain under Nigeria. And on October I, 1961 the Southern Cameroons gained independence through a plebiscite³ of February 11, 1961.

The present agitations is resistance to 21^st century slavery and neo-colonialism administered by the repressive government of ‘La République du Cameroun’ on the Anglophone regions of North West and South West commonly referred to as the Anglophone problem which has come after 45 years or 56 years of frustration of our people. The Anglophone problem is deciphered as the LOSS OF POLITICAL POWER BY THE ANGLOPHONE⁴.The Francophone has produced two presidents in since 1960 as against none for us.

Francophone nationalism has been exercised by confiscating power and denying the Anglophone political rights and freedoms (state terrorism-police and gendarme brutality-rape, murder, kidnap or abductions, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment without trial, cut of internet, no freedom of speech and communication and other ills you can think of). And the Anglophone nationalism can be seen exhibited in pluralist democracy⁵.

I urge Cameroon Concord team of investigators to paint a true story of this broken promise of bad faith perpetrated by the Francophone and their dictatorship government, especially now with the availability of the declassified files of the Southern Cameroons’ independence at the UN library in New York.

[1]Notes

[1]Cameroon as a bilingual state has a Bi-Jural System- the other is Civil Law which is French Law for Francophones;

²The British Cameroons included Southern and Northern Cameroons that were trust territories of the United Nations administered by Britain under Nigeria;

³Plebiscite-A referendum administered by the UN on February 11, 1961 on the British Cameroons where the Southern Cameroons voted to join ‘La République du Cameroun’ and the Northern Cameroons voted to join the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

⁴Instances of loss of power-1961:Federal Republic of Cameroon- A federal system of 2-states in which Southern Cameroons became West Cameroon and ‘La République du Cameroun’ became 'Cameroun du L’Estwithout a union treaty; 1972: United Republic of Cameroon-A false referendum where the minority Anglophones and the majority Francophones were consulted on whether they shall continue to live together as a united republic with the answers ‘YES’ or ‘OUI’ instead of the minority Anglophones as was the case in 1961; 1984-A return to ‘La République Du Cameroon’ by a Presidential decree (a name Francophone Cameroun had on independence on January 1, 1960);

⁵Pluralist democracy-democracy of interest or pressure groups-associations, syndicates and unions, etc.;

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Since 1993, Paul Biya has established mushroom universities across the national territory as showmanship rather than an intentional act aimed at providing solutions to the myriad problems that Cameroon face on a daily basis.

Ask Biya or his self acclaimed Professors to give the mission and Vision statements of the various state glorified primary Schools tagged Universities and see the embarrassment in their faces?

There isn't any state university that was founded on the foundation of a solid vision and mission statement.

Mission and vision statements are fundamental blue prints that are conceived as fundamental guiding principles that constantly rudely remind those managing it and its students of the purpose of being in that university.

So long as our universities won't cease being certificate mills, the graduands shall continue to be worthless institutions that weren't created to provide answers to questions but a problem creating institutions.

How can our universities continue to be
Theorists whereas the world today is gradually becoming practical inclined so that graduands can hitch freely inter grade into the mainstream society?

So long as our graduands aren't provided the leeway to become free thinkers, then our universities will continue to be empty and irrelevant structures where junk headed persons are awarded empty certificates.

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The mood in Cameroon is not jolly, even though supporters of Paul Biya's regime in Washington DC, Paris, Brussels and London would want the world to think differently. There are killings every day of civilians and soldiers. And it is not any good for life is precious.

Yes, those backing Biya are the same pretentious people who market liberal democracy to as the best form of human governance. And it's true.

Since genuine pro-democracy are out of stage in the U.S., France, Britain, Canada and Germany, we are left with westerners who have no values and can sell everything including their mothers because of money.

It may explain why, they are ready to allow a repugnant and barbaric regime who inflict regular bouts of horrific violence on its people to survive longer than expected, as long as they can secure contracts.

Are you now surprised that, the United States is supporting Saudi Arabia that is killing innocent Yameni children every day? They can growl at Iran, pretend on Burma, an evil regime practising ethnic cleansing on the Royinga people.

Their only crime? Because they are Muslims. I just wish to tell the brave people of West Cameroon, who are daily humiliated and disparaged in their own country to know that, they are on their own. An orphan must know how to fend for itself or know which fights to pick and fight . Good morning from Lagos, Nigeria.

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The recent changes in government is welcome by majority of Cameroonians and saluted by the International Community.The regime has started reacting to the Anglophone cry of marginalization.This appointments is part of the demands tabled by the consortium of lawyers, teacher and syndicates of the civil society, we hope the process be speed up to touch all the grievances advocated.

Cameroonians should accept that better late than never and there is no time limit for peace. Mr Biya is not Cameroon, he is neither Methuselah, he will certainly leave the stage. Balla, Fontem and Co should equally press for the release of the arrested Cameroonians, bring back the refugees and instill confidence in the people, together we dialogue and build a strong and united country.

Those with agenda to divide Cameroon must understand that not all demands are accepted by God and he does not listen to evil prayers. Every delay by nature has a reason. We need peace and unity in Cameroon not war at a bitter cost. The Consortium should be saluted for putting reason above anger and emotions and take back leadership in a process they initiated.

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Open Letter to the German Ambassador, Yaoundé—Cameroon

Your Excellency,

Germany, the state whose diplomatic interest you represent in Cameroon, is one of the most liberal countries in the world with civilized democracy and the respect for human rights. Your exposure, Mr. Ambassador, from such a democratic society leaves one with the believe that, to a greater extent, there’s absolute respect for human rights in your Yaoundé embassy, which, according to the law on extraterritoriality, is a German territory in the Republic of Cameroon. Unfortunately, Your Excellency, this is not the case as the procedure to obtain a student visa, for example, in your embassy isn’t only jumbled with incongruity, but also strongly discriminates against Anglophone visa applicants.

Your Excellency, the official website of the German embassy in Cameroon (http://www.jaunde.diplo.de) which, as of now, stands as the only gateway to Germany for studies, is constructed in three different languages; to wit: German, French, and English. I have noticed with utmost disgust, Your Excellency, that the English section of the website translated from either German or French is not only biased with incomplete information for visa applicant but carries a lot of poor and misleading translations. This website, in “Appointment-System of the German Foreign Office - Jaunde” (https://service2.diplo.de/rktermin/extern/choose_realmList.do?locationCode=jaun&realmId=271) provides a 3-step procedure for visa application, one of which must be selected by applicant depending on the visa category. Sadly, Your Excellency, these 3 steps are unexplained. Instead, one finds the word “continue” against each of 3 different dashes, leaving the visa applicants to their fate. My concern here, Your Excellency, is that where do applicants “continue” to when there’s basically no information to guide their sense of direction?. On the other hand, the website (page) in French (https://service2.diplo.de/rktermin/extern/choose_realmList.do?locationCode=jaun&request_locale=fr), explains the 3 steps in details and then prompts the applicant to “continuer” (continue) to the next step.

Again, Your Excellency, I see Anglophone marginalization on the embassy’s website where the visa applicant is prompted to chose between “visa étudient” and “étudiants BAC 12.00+ ou C+/ boursiers / doctorants”. As in most cases, the English website has woefully failed to provide translation for this, and both options “technically” side-line holders of Bachelor and Master’s degrees. The first option, visa étudient, is logically reserved for applicants with poor examination grades. Meanwhile, the second option is also logically reserved for student applicants with good examination grades. Your Excellency, the second option above doesn’t seem to accommodate students with Bachelor or Master’s degree. Does it mean they fall under the first option? Or, does it mean a BAC student with 12+, for example, is more qualified for the second option than a Bachelor or Master’s degree holder with 12+? I am appalled by this logic, and would frankly say, without fear of contradiction, that the student visa procedure at your embassy isn’t only made up of bureaucratic red tape, but grossly violates human rights. As a victim, Your Excellency, I have documentary evidence to support these facts. Also, I am witness to many, most of whom are Anglophones, who are today victims of these boring procedural irregularities. Sadly, the embassy provides sanctions for any applicant who submits an incomplete file.

Be reminded, Your Excellency, that linguistic marginalization is one of the cardinal reasons why there’s “genocide” in Anglophone Cameroon today. Your embassy, through its official website grossly violates human rights, especially the right to information. It also violates Article 1(3) of the Constitution of Cameroon, which puts both English and French languages on the same magnitude. Article 1(3) provides that “the official languages of the Republic of Cameroon shall be English and French, both languages having the same status”. Your Excellency, despite the immunities and extraterritoriality rules which, like any other embassy, your embassy enjoys, it has the legal obligation under international human rights laws to respect—equally—the rights of all the people it serves. Besides, both Germany and Cameroon are signatories to human rights instruments which protect the right of equality— the right to information—freedom from discrimination, to say a few. It is because of this recognition, of course, that the embassy’s website conspicuously writes, that, “German human rights policy has one concrete goal: to protect people against violations of their rights and fundamental freedoms”. Also, there’re tips there about human rights in Cameroon.

Troubled by the above, and believing that the Ambassador is most likely unaware of these human rights violations, I am by this letter conveying this information to the Ambassador. By so doing, I urge the German embassy to respect the rights of fellow Cameroonians seeking their services, especially the Anglophones whose rights are being violated. Equally, I urge the government of Cameroon, through the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms, to protect the rights of her citizens by ensuring that the embassy respects rights that are enshrined in the Constitution and other international human rights instruments.

CC:

- Cameroon National Commissions for Human Rights and Freedoms

By Jean Atabong Fomeni, Esq.

Barrister of the Supreme Court of Cameroon

MA Human Rights – Friedrich Alexander University, Germany

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Our course is genuine, our morale is high, God is with us.

After the SDF forthcoming convention, there shall be no representation of The Southern Cameroons in La Republique Du Cameroun.
Ni John Fru Ndi has been a controversial leader from conception and creation of his famous, infamous Social Democratic Front, the SDF. It is said and believed that the conception and creation of the SDF was to fight for the Southern Cameroons course. The gullible Fru Ndi as leader of the party hijacked the central aim of the organization and made it a La Republique du Cameroun thing.The controversial Fru Ndi: chair of the SDF
He ignored the founding fathers, betrayed their course, because of the popularity to which East Cameroun and West cameroon welcomed him, he thought he could win elections in the French majority country. He was mistaken. Some said he won the 1992 median multiparty elections, majority believed he did not win, because at proclamation of results, Paul Biya was declared winner.
Fru Ndi and his social Democratic Front emerged from the 1992 elections as the lead opposition party in the Cameroun Republic. This made him pride himself like a gullible Chanticleer, he closed his eyes while crowing and Paul Biya with his CPDM sycophantic attitude, cajoled him and grasped him and the SDF from the throat. The two best Friends at the detriment of their people.

Fru Ndi would later dined and wined with the CPDM. He even went soya tasting with Paul Biya, went to the unity palace year in year to wish Mr. Paul Biya happy new year. At the demise of his wife, he was given as condolence, bribed for 28 millions Frs CFA for her burial. The social Democratic Front later on blended with the CPDM as he, Fru Ndi was made leader of a regional party. He could not win elections in his own district talk less of the whole North West region. With shame and disgrace he went so low to contest a Senatorial seat, which he lost.
Now that age and shame and disgrace have weight on him, he wants to relinquish power, gives up leadership because of this corrective generation. This generation has done what he could not do in twenty six years, doing it their own way.
Fru Ndi will go down in history books as the traitor, as the man who had the opportunity but because of greed and selfishness, he let his people down.

Fru Ndi’s legacy.

As a man he might be a great family man, but as a politician he leaves behind a broken catalogue of rhetorical achievements, his report card is all in red ink, Ambazonians would mock him, ridicule him, in the new Federal Republic, many will point to his home stead with the left hand. Some will pee on his tombstone. Generations after generations will associate his name to the Muna’s and other traitors blacklisted in the history books of Ambazonia. His time as a politician will be a curse on us for he knowingly allowed us, Southern Cameroonians into servitude. Many will wish his era be flushed into the gutters of oblivion for he never thought or looked beyond his shadow.

Can Fru Ndi still redeem himself?

The SDF chairman has no place in the new Federal Republic, that is why he is stuck to the statue quo. He believes very much in the Cameroun Republic that he did not stopped or withdrew his parliamentarians from the colonizers’ House of Assembly to save the blood of young Ambazonians that flow in our land today. He was silent when KwaKwa, Dadi, Tadu and other localities in the Southern Cameroons were razed, food destroyed and many escape to the bushes or into exile.
Till today he has said little or nothing regarding our kidnapped leaders, like the sellout, who he is, he commended Nigeria for arresting them. He mourned with the enemy when one paramilitary police was killed but did not sympathized with Ambazonians when they were massacred on october 1st. Even the international community knows that he is a greedy leader who thinks only of his stomach. For example, the commonwealth scribe came, and did not visit him, the British minister for African affairs came and did not care to visit him either. They went to Buea, to have talks with Barrister Balla with Fru Ndi watching in the TV.

Fru Ndi gives up leadership.

From the 22nd – 23rd of February, delegates of the Social Democratic Front will converge in Yaoundé or Bamenda to choose a new party leader. This shall be an opportunity for francophones to enjoy this position. Anglophones shall fight to keep it as their own share of the national property. The SDF would emerge from this elective convention broken and in disarray. The francophones in cunning faith would take over, this shall served as the complete political assimilation of the anglophones.
The likely next SDF chairman: Mr. Joshua Osih
The first vice president of the party: Mr. Joshua Osih, shall be the next SDF chairman. He shall nationalize the party, move the headquarters permanently to it Yaounde location. The SDF parliamentary group would change too, as the SDF will win none or nothing in the North West or South West regions. Remembers these regions shall not have elections as war is ongoing and many people there respect and take orders only from the interim government of Ambazonia, the new Federal Republic.
The present parliamentarians and senators of these regions are confused because nobody would vote them. Eventually, the Southern Cameroons will not be represented in Yaounde and the liberation of the Southern Cameroons shall be completed.

The Ambazonian liberation, a certainty.

Our course is genuine, our morale is high, God is with us. The one who wanted dialogue like President Sisiku was kidnapped, today no one knows if he is alive or not. If there shall be dialogue who are going to dialogue with who?
We must fight, fight and fight until our blood pricks the core consciences of the Cameroun Republic. We must fight until we retake the head of this revolution again.
The Ambazonian Revolution is like no other revolution in history. The chronicle shall state that never in the history of revolutions did a people start from zero % to 99% within a year and achieved everything but 1%. The remaining 1% is the arm struggle that many revolutions start with. The Cameroun Republic in their present war against Ambazonia hinges on 1%
Presently, the tides are turning back, we are gradually grasping the control button again. When this is eventually achieved, we shall dialogue not as the underdogs but as the superior, on our terms. And the underlying terms shall be how to separation and be good neighbors.

Korokoto Makambo, the soothsayer has spoken.
TJ Nsoyuni
Opinion Writer.