Politics

Only a decaying people will"re-elect" a president like Paul Biya, given the stinking state of affairs in the country.
Paul Biya has certainly been in power for over three decades already but that is not our major concern now. What we decry for the moment is the attitude of the president towards his people.
A man who calls himself president yet remains almost indifferent in the face of heart-breaking tragedies is not  a leader at all.
Biya has such terrible attitude of remaining silent even when scores of Cameroonians perish in disastrous incidents. Sometimes,only useless messages of "sympathy" are passed by a governor , a divisional officer or by the so-called spokesman of the nation.
In a country where the president knows why they are in power, a tragic event like the mysterious death of Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Balla would have received great attention from the presidency. The president would have addressed his people, particularly  the bereaved family, in a bit to make them feel home.
Even when scores of people perished in the Eseka train derailment in 2016 , the president did not take a moment to visit the scene of the tragedy. Instead, he shamefully declared a national mourning day, something that just anyone can do without any fore reflection.
Can Biya not copy the examples from his counterparts?  Theresa May of the United Kingdom reacted directly to the Manchester bomb last that killed some 22 people and injured dozens more. Even Donald Trump condemned the attack, calling the terrorists"losers".
Such cases are uncountable, even in Egypt recently with the attack on Christians.
The president could use intermediaries at times but not all the time.
If age is his problem, let him rest. He is officially 84.
He could only unilaterally declare war against Boko Haram while in France but cannot directly sympathise with the victims of the insurgency today.
We may not have to talk again about his unwillingness to have a real dialogue with competent labour unions in order to solve the problems raised by Southern Cameroons.
It will therefore be irrational for Cameroonians to "choose him again" during the 2018 presidential election.

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Tasha Seidou

03.Jun.2017

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Veteran jornalist, Larry Eyongechaw has replaced Boh Herbert as spokesperson for southern cameroons ambazonia consortium united front(SCACUF).

The organization just released a press statement which read:

Following the vacancy created in the Secretariat of the SCACUF and after the Leadership Council of SCACUF ordered for the search of a new Spokesperson, the Secretary General opened a file for applications. We decided to go this route so that SCACUF could pick from amongst the most committed and not be limited to a few people the leadership may know.

We also, for the sake of regional balance and gender, indicated SCACUF's preference for a strong female spokesperson and indicated also that while we would not by any means overlook competence and commitment, give preference to the Southern Region of Southern Cameroons Ambazonia.

Five applications were received. Of the five, 03 came from the Northern Region, 02 from the Southern Region and none was a female. After close scrutiny, eliminations were done. At the end of the day, the candidate selected was not based on Region of origin but on his competence and and commitment to the struggle.

We hereby present Comrade Larry Eyongechaw of Manyu County as the candidate elect for the office of Spokesperson of the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front.

Comrade Larry Eyongechaw takes office immediately and is installed in Washington DC on Saturday, June 3rd by Comrades Elvis Kometa, Milan Atam and Carlson Anyangwe on the floor of the Washington Summit.

Statehouse Buea
2nd June 2017

Tassang Wilfred
Secretary General for the
Leadership Council.

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Rita Akana

02.Jun.2017

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The Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front(SCACUF) has launched an Adopt a Teacher application and Adopt a Teacher platform to seek funds in helping Teachers in the North and south west regions of cameroon who have gone for months without salaries ever since the struggle for the restoration of the statehood of Southern Cameroons began.

HOW ADOPT A TEACHER WORKS

1. Teachers will submit their applications.
2. SCACUF will review and verify applications to ensure they are teachers
3. Profiles of verified and approved teachers will be posted on SCACUF website.
4. Sponsors will visit website and pick teacher(s) they would like to sponsor and how long they would like to sponsor those teachers.
5. Sponsors will sends money to adopted teacher using any money transfer service.
6. Sponsors will visit SCACUF website after wiring money and upload receipt from the money transfer service so SCACUF can confirm that teacher was sponsored in order to remove them from the list of teachers needing sponsors.
7. Once receipt is validated by SCACUF, the sponsor is given access to adopted teacher's phone number so they could text them their names and the reference number.

Are you a teacher then click here to apply

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Rita Akana

02.Jun.2017

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Since October 2016, Southern Cameroons common Law Lawyers started this movement. They called for a number of reforms which they summed under the banner of a two state federation or outright independence. According to our lawyers, only the summation of the judicial problems in a two state federation or outright independence can help the people of Southern Cameroons. Next, Southern Cameroons teachers gave a plethora of problems concerning our educational system and by 21st November, they shut down our schools. By 8th December 2016, a number of our people were killed as the entire Southern Cameroons engulfed the strike action and turned it into the people's struggle. But where are we today? What next? What do we hope for? And what is making news.

1. La Republique Government:

The government of Paul Biya as usual did not expect the resolved of our people. They began by ignoring the lawyers and the minister of justice Laurent Esso laughed and said our lawyers will get tired soon and go back to work. Since October, 2016, our lawyers have been home. They proved him wrong. Our teachers took over in November and the same was true. The only response the people of Southern Cameroons got from government of Paul Biya were killings, brutality, abductions, militarisation, internet shut down etc. The so called ad hoc committee which the government created to speak with our leaders were a farce and smokescreen. Nothing in that light has been done, not even the proposals accepted with the teachers have been implemented. The same with the lawyers, any proposals stated by the government regarding the lawyers problems are all cosmetic which by a stroke of a pen by another decree will be annulled. Only a change in form of state will guarantee these things.

2. Ghost Towns

Ghost towns have been our most priced weapon against the state. It started in December 2016 with Mondays and Tuesdays till late February when it went to once a week on Mondays. We acknowledged that ghost towns pains us but it is a necessary evil we must do to send a message. The only reason for the ghost towns are to include the other sectors of the society to join the teachers and lawyers to make it the true people's struggle. It is true that it has not been easy, the government has fought this concept of ghost towns by organising marches in Kumba, Bamenda, Buea and limbe but yet the towns still got up to see ghosts. We also accept that the steam of the ghost towns especially the enthusiasm keeps dying down in some counties in Southern Cameroons. This is normal in every revolution and we can't really blame our people. It has not been easy. They need a new motivation but again, it has been satisfactory so far. We also started naming our ghost towns to add more steam into it. This concept of ghost towns shall continue until the powers that be stopped it. We only ask our people to be steadfast.

3. Schools Shutdown

This is our biggest victories. Yes, we have kept schools and universities closed for months. The government did not sleep. They also fought back. It is fair to say that schools in Southern Cameroons remained shut down despite the few glitches of some secondary schools opening their doors. Yes, in most of these cases, it was the francophone section albeit under high security. The few Anglophone sections which tried to open saw dozens of students from tens of thousands. We do not expect the government to fold their arms. The University of Buea saw less than 2000 students out of 28000 students taking an exam they never studied and yes in Bambili, HTTTC Kumba where we have civil servants students, they are defying the odds. Primary schools also remained closed.

The educational system in a nutshell in Southern Cameroons has remained closed and the future is a sad one. How will students from forms 1, 2, 3, 4 and lower sixth be promoted to the next class without haven taken any exams. Recalled that school started last year in September 2016 and by November, 2016, they remained shut down till date. What happens next academic year? How can they be promoted to the next class without any results or completing the syllabus of their class? What happens to forms 3, 4 and lower sixth students whose GCE preparation begins in their current class? This directly means students in form 4 and lower sixth should they be moved to form 5 and upper sixth have lost one academic year of studies and non covering of their syllabuses and thus this affects 2018 GCE directly.

The Government has insisted that these students be promoted to the next class based on their test results they had before the strike action. This is suicide for our education.

This is why the struggle must intensify so that by August this year we are sure of the 2017/2018 academic year because as it stands it shows the next academic year will not begin. The Southern Cameroons liberation movements Must up their game to give our people alternatives.

4. Public Exams.

It is no news that la Republique decided to run common entrance exams and GCE practicals for our children who never studied. We saw pictures of empty class rooms for common entrance exams. Our people in most areas boycotted the common extrance exams because the pupils have not been studying. Those that took the exams took it under tight and heavy security- where have we seen that? The admission of any kids into form one in Southern Cameroons is already problematic. Yes, the struggle succeeded in stretching the military of La Republique to work.

The Government also forced some students and schools to take the practicals exams and in few days the written part of the GCE will begin. Let us be clear. This same GCE practicals and written part were and will be conducted in French Cameroun whose students have had a full academic year. It is different from our people in Southern Cameroons who have not been taught since 2016, how then will the GCE Board grade our people? We saw a video in May 2016 in one of the centres in Victoria during practicals how students were complaining that they know nothing about the practicals they were about to take and the same is true across all centres. The government is bent on organising this political GCE under a fake conditions and the most tight security ever known. We do not have the weapons to fight this but we can only caution our people not to fall into this trap because decrees from the Cameroons for this academic year will not be accepted globally except in Cameroun.

As a people, we need to increase our campaign and calling to our people to ignore the GCE. We must do all to sabotage it and free our people.

5. Common Law Lawyers.

They are the most faithful in this struggle. Despite staying for 8 months without salaries as they make their end meets through court cases have remained true to the struggle by letting the courts remain shut. We must thank and acknowledge their steadfastness and call on them not to give up. We must continue to support them.

Mark Bareta
Bui/Manyu Counties
Southern Cameroons
Support the struggle and not individuals.

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Mark Bareta

02.Jun.2017

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The illusion that the other side of the hill is green must be discarded.
African Countries as well as African citizens must start shaping their destinies in a common bond aimed at building new horizons of sunshine and billions of opportunities.
I have observed with so much pain the fact that the Financial law of all French speaking Countries is drawn in France.

These laws are drawn with vodoo intention and African wealth is strangulated in the spiritual realm through a Franco-Afro occultic arrangement called FrancAfric. The franc masonaries have ruined African countries because the wealth is controlled by them and the dregs shared by their lackies fondly called African Head of states.

African countries need to denounce the so much trumpeted France African summits. What does France have as wealth to be robbing shoulders with other richly endowed Countries of the world. How can France be keeping our foreign reserve in its treasury whereas the French franc had been defaced and made absolute?

African Universities should design Courses that will train their students to acquire knowledge and not certificates.These new orientation will stop this mad flow of Africans towards Europe and America. This will equally stop this maddening rush of Africans to move to Europe at all cost even if it means being eaten by sharks.

The amount of deaths in the belly of the Mediterranean sea is unfortunate, regrettable and so remorseful.

Today there is that yearning for a new start having in mind the pride of Africans and the yearning of a spiririco-physical and phychological liberation of the African psyche.
Africa and Africans have lived this falsehood of inferiority complex whereby Westerners continue to spread the lie that they brought Education to Africa.

Let's remind them that Egyptians had a language and its writing and Arabic was the language of research and knowledge transmission in the University of Timbuktu. Being one of the oldest University is a tale tell story that Africans were better than they are at moment after their savagious experience in the hands of the West through slavery,colonization and neocolonialism.

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Bernard Ngouche Ndim

01.Jun.2017

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The commission for the promotion of bilingualism and multiculturalism led by former Prime Minister and Senator, Peter Mafany Musonge that was created last March 15, 2017 by the president of the republic, Paul Biya as one of the measures by government to solve the Anglophone problem is yet to make any perceptible moves on the field.

For a commission that was heralded to be a possible panacea to the Anglophone problem and used by many politicians and government officials as a bargaining chip to quell the flaring tempers of Cameroonians of the Anglophone extraction, the deafening silence from the body after its members were officially installed last April 27, 2017 has been raising eyebrows.
A part from the impromptu and informal meeting held on the day of their installation were members resolved and expressed the wish to mediate in the current crisis rocking the English regions of the country, the commission has failed to meet ever since.
Inside sources have revealed a quiet discomfort amongst committee members who have sent in proposals to the body’s secretariat but a meeting is yet to be convened by the president of the commission.
The maiden official meeting that was scheduled to hold on the June 2-3 has equally been postponed to an indefinite date.
Members of the commission were appointed on March 15, 2017, by the President of the Republic with the task of promoting bilingualism and multiculturalism in Cameroon in view of maintaining peace and strengthening the people’s willingness and day-to-day experience with respect to living together.
Hence, they are charged with submitting reports and recommendations on issues related to the protection of bilingualism and multiculturalism; monitoring the implementation of constitutional provisions establishing English and French as two languages of equal status; conducting studies and proposing measures likely to strengthen cameroon’s bilingual and multicultural character; receiving petitions against discriminations arising from non-compliance with constitutional provisions on the said topic, amongst others.

ELAH GEOFREY MBONGALE

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Rita Akana

01.Jun.2017

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