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The voiceless and badly treated are to receive hope soon as some lawyers come together to provide free assistance to victims of injustice in Cameroon. The initiative is that of a group of lawyers who call themselves “Avocats sans frontieres  humanitaires du Cameroun”, literally, Cameroon Lawyers without   Humanitarians Borders.

The team which comprises lawyers from the Cameroon Bar  and the Paris Bar  will provide indispensable assistance to thousands of Cameroonians detained without any trial at all.

According to Cameroon-Info.Net, the legal practitioners have created a website to facilitate the work.

“The website is one of the pillars of our strategy. Not only will it enable people file their complaints, it will also ensure a follow-up of the evolution of the files”, says Barrister Antoine Mandeng, secretary general of the association.

The association will equally educate stakeholders in the legal field on the respect of human rights.

Quoting La Nouvelle Expression, Cameroon-Info.Net reports that official statistics from the Ministry of Justice reveal that out of 25, 908 detainees, 15, 853 are still suspects while the rest have been judged and sentenced. Thus, about 61% of the detainees are suspects while the remaining 39% or so have had their fate sealed.

Several reports from rights groups have deplored the abuse of human rights by the Biya regime. Currently, several journalists and other groups of persons are in detention for reasons beyond our comprehension, given that fair trials have not been observed in most cases.

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Rita Akana

30.May.2017

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Heavy fines and other sanctions loom over the aborigines of the West Region resident in Kumba, who joined the lot in absconding the May 20^th festivities in the metropolis.

This reporter further gathered that such persons who reside within the Kumba II Sub Division were already informed before the National Day that failure to turn out for the event could earn them a fine of two crates of beer.

There is panic among those who erroneously or wilfully stayed away from this year’s celebrations, as local administrators have vowed to enforce the sanctions.

Sanctions in this light are said to have been previewed through administrative circles in the Sub Division to push for massive participation on the National Day.

Campaigns propagating sanctions on defaulters were meant to circumvent underground moves from unidentified individuals who crusaded for civil disobedience.

The threat of a fine it is reported played the trick added to multiple Government assurances of a hitch-free May 20^th celebration that came to pass.

Thus, the fairly huge turnout at the Kumba City Grandstand during the festivities was largely credited to Cameroonians who hail from the West Region.

Almost all family groups in Kumba from this part of the country took part in the colourful march pass.

 Their unending numbers sent some celebrating at the ceremonial ground, while those who had hoped for a general boycott groaned and murmured in vain.

For one thing, Kumba II Sub Division remains the most densely populated of the three Council areas that make up the metropolis.

Bamilekes have a force to reckon with here in terms of numbers, businesses, infrastructure and farming.

Their turn out at this year’s celebration which looked unprecedented came at the time the powers that be needed it most to enhance the drive for national unity in diversity.

Letters with administrative seals are said to have reached the different meeting groups days before the event, reason why they mobilised in their hundreds to storm the Kumba City Grandstand

Their huge presence is not unconnected with actions which the Divisional Officer for Kumba II, Piere Zedzode, initiated to get the population and schools of the Sub Division celebrate 45 years of national unity.

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29.May.2017

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Cameroon's main opposition movement, the Social Democratic Front, SDF will decide whether to pick  the party chairman, John Fru Ndi or another contender to run for the 2018 Presidential election in October. This will be during the party's convention and it  is one of the main  fallouts of the National Executive Committee of the party which held over the weekend in Bamenda.

The Convention was due to hold in February this year but was indefinitely pushed forward. The debate whther John Fru Ndi will be contest Biya has been the talk in the past few months. With many supporters and sympathizers calling for the party's Vice President, Joshua Osih to give a new impetus to the party.

Osih himself has downplayed such comments but observers says he still remains the best option for the SDF and inspires hope and positivity in a society where party leaders have declared themselves leaders till death.

The party convention will present a golden opportunity to know whether the party will embrace  change or see Fru Ndi continue with long term ambition of occupying the Etoudi house.

In the meantime, Fru Ndi has asked party officials to ensure the the party wins at least two thirds of all Council, Parliamentary and Senate seats in the 2018 elections. District chairpersons have been to go out and convince people to register for the elections. " There is no use being a NEC member if u cannot win a council in your area, " Fru Ndi said.

Winning two thirds of elective positives will be a better of the party to impose itself into the governance now obsessed by the  ruling CPDM

Cameroon's main opposition movement, the Social Democratic Front, SDF will decide whether to pick  the party chairman, John Fru Ndi or another contender to run for the 2018 Presidential election in October. This will be during the party's convention and it  is one of the main  fallouts of the National Executive Committee of the party which held over the weekend in Bamenda.

The Convention was due to hold in February this year but was indefinitely pushed forward. The debate whther John Fru Ndi will be contest Biya has been the talk in the past few months. With many supporters and sympathizers calling for the party's Vice President, Joshua Osih to give a new impetus to the party.

Osih himself has downplayed such comments but observers says he still remains the best option for the SDF and inspires hope and positivity in a society where party leaders have declared themselves leaders till death.

The party convention will present a golden opportunity to know whether the party will embrace  change or see Fru Ndi continue with long term ambition of occupying the Etoudi house.

In the meantime, Fru Ndi has asked party officials to ensure the the party wins at least two thirds of all Council, Parliamentary and Senate seats in the 2018 elections. District chairpersons have been to go out and convince people to register for the elections. " There is no use being a NEC member if u cannot win a council in your area, " Fru Ndi said.

Winning two thirds of elective positives will be a better way  for  the party to impose itself into the governance now obsessed by the  ruling CPDM

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29.May.2017

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The comportment of the president of La Republique du Cameroun in recent times has been so fascinating to observe from the onlooker’s position. President Paul Biya has been acting like a cat on hot bricks or better still a mother who returns from a long journey just to find her plates in disarray. But this is not the story of a mother. It is the tale of a president who is almost drowning in the sea of strong pressure coming from just every nook and cranny of his little country.

We may have to walk a little backward in time to observe this waking moment Biya may never forget in his lifetime. All began in 2016, precisely in October, with the Eseka train derailment that left scores of people dead and hundreds more injured.

Our “father” had been enjoying a never-ending holiday in a “celestial hotel” in his Switzerland paradise when the shock hit him right on the nose. After a conference in the US, His Excellency had simply crossed over to Switzerland to have a nice time and breathe “fresh and sweet air” like a child running away from its responsibility of assisting Mama with her chores.

The never-ending holiday had spanned several weeks notwithstanding tough pressure from Cameroonians at home and abroad. But the only thing that could wake Biya from his slumber was the breaking news that might have reached him first through social media that  Camrail had buried scores of his people. 

Biya ,who could not yet sense real danger, carried on with his slumber  thereafter, not knowing that it was just the tip of the iceberg.

Then followed the Anglophone Struggle, which Biya must admit [inwardly] is the most challenging problem he has faced during his “everlasting reign” that has spanned more than three decades already.

Thanks to this unstoppable cry from the people of West Cameroon, the supreme ruler of La Republic has embarked on reforms he never dreamed of, even in his childhood nightmares. He has signed so many decrees that he cannot even ascertain the number, even if he were to do it as part of a contest to select the most intelligent president in the world.

The English language that his regime has always tried to bury in favour of the less powerful French language has received the highest attention in its history in the country. Even so, Biya would never accept defeat or call a spade a spade. That is probably why instead of glorifying English, he hides behind the so-called bilingualism to create a certain National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism; all in a bit to avoid admitting that English is the king of the jungle.

For how  long has Cameroon been “bilingual” ? I guess reunification was in 1972. “Father”, you have to fall back into slumber and taste the bitter side of things once more.

Most interestingly, the regime recently claimed the English version of the OHADA text had been in existence for several years now. If that claim was true, then it confirms the deep slumber the regime had been in. That was after irresistible pressure from common law lawyers as part of the cry against the marginalization of West Cameroon by La Republique.

We may not have to cite appointments Biya has been obliged by circumstances beyond his “control” to make. And West Cameroonians have taken central stage in the appointments.

Papa has just created a football academy in his country, which he terms Anafoot. We have also officially put in place a specialized female football league, which Helene Sakwe has been called to lead.

Papa, slumber could be good. Try again. 

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Rita Akana

28.May.2017

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Tassang Wilfred is the Secretary General of Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front. He also has a religious part as he is a deacon. Tassang, the deacon has outline 4 pieces of evidence why children of God in Southern Cameroons must start rejoicing as 2017 shall be the liberation year for Southern Cameroons. Read on:

2017: The SET YEAR for SOUTHERN CAMEROONS LIBERATION

Consider these Evidence. These are not by Chance. The Good Book says in Ecclesiastes that there is time for everything; a time to be born, a time to die. A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to be sad and a time to be cheerful.Certainly and as testified by the scriptures, there is a time to be enslaved and a time to be set free.

Since 2013, God has been speaking about His glorious plans to destroy the works of Satan in the Cameroons in 2017. You surely have heard, at least through rumours that God told this or that servant about His plans for Cameroon in 2017. In my owncase, it was not “heard from”. Four different servants of the Lord told me about today since 2014. 

EVIDENCE No. 1
To me specifically, the Lord told me in 2013 to sing out His desire for our nation according to the words of 2Chr.7:14, the message of Heal Our Land. That assignment was accomplished in 2014, but we refused to pray.

In October 2014, the servant of the Most High who told me first about 2017, called in October 2016 to indicate that God’s work in Cameroon would start in 2016,not knowing that I was included in that plan to play a role.

EVIDENCE No. 2
2017 and 1961 are the same, date for date, and day for day. For instance, 11 February 1961 and 2017 were both on a Saturday.

EVIDENCE No.3
April 4th 2017 and 1961 fell on the same Tuesday. That day the UN voted to grant us independence.

EVIDENCE No.4
May 20 1972 fell on the same Saturday as May 2017. That’s the year of the OUI and YES referendum that brought about this present enslavement. This Sunday, I fellow shipped at the First Baptist Church, and what is the theme of this church for 2017? ” My Year of Total Deliverance. Now my Pastor and anointed servant of God back home in September 2016, declared 2017 as the year of complete deliverance. Now this is significant.
The Lord has again reminded me of His promise.

Dear God’s children, if what God has promised delays, it won’t be because God is indifferent, it will delay because of our stubbornness. It will because we want to liberate ourselves with our own power. Even after we have seen what the Lord has done, we still want to be seen as the liberators. We shout most loudly so that the world may glorify us for what God has set forth to do.

But the evidence for our liberation this year is compelling. It means only one thing: that this is the year the Lord Himself will correct all the errors of the past.He will correct 1961 in 2017 and He will also correct 1972 in 2017. It also is indicative of the fact that we need to look up to Him only for all that which we need to physically defeat the already defeated enemy.

Praise God and glory to His name.

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28.May.2017

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Over the last days, the Southern Cameroons Internetosphere has been washed with the news that the outlawed Consortium leaders Barrister Balla and Dr. Fontem shall be Released conditionally. Though we have not heard from their lawyers directly, the people of Southern Cameroons based their reactions on Ashu Nyenty's declaration over the state radio CRTV wherein he explained what a Conditional Release will mean for this two leaders. We do not yet know if the lawyers have engaged in any such negotiations or if they are going to accept such conditional bail come 7th June, 2017.

Considering the fact that every Southern Cameroonian is emotionally attached to this struggle, their reactions over such a News is understandable and welcome. We do not expect people to fold their arms and not debate such. Debating is part of the Anglo Saxon culture. However, it should be recalled that there is none who will not want to see our leaders out. Staying in jail is never a good thing. This morning, Mr. Chris Anu of the Cameroon Journal, sent out an editorial why Balla and Fontem must reject any Conditional Release and public opinion agrees that releasing any of them conditionally will be bad not only to themselves but also to those in jail. 

It should also be recalled that the ban on the outlawed Consortium has not been reversed. The Cameroun Government as of the 17th January, 2017 considers the Consortium illegal through it ban. Should the Consortium leaders be out Conditionally, they won't be able to assume their role of the consortium. Conditional release will subscribe to judicial supervision which is like a house arrest.

We cannot really start throwing stones on this or on our leaders because the lawyers of our leaders have not spoken and we do not yet know the conditions. Be it as it may, we the people of Southern Cameroons, political figures, international organisations and bodies have all called for the unconditional release of our leaders. This is so because they were and are not criminals. Our leaders must not should La Republique gives such conditions loose the power in them. Whatever conditions accepted must be that which put the people of Southern Cameroons first.

I know it is difficult to accept because these leaders have families and their own self to take care off but he who put his/her hands in the plough must not be ready to look back. Before we engaged in this struggle we knew the repressive nature of the Cameroun regime. The Lawyers and teachers who started this revolution in 2016 knew the type of Government we are dealing with. Before the consortium leaders called for ghost towns, two states federation, boycotts of 11th February and 20th May, they knew the repressive nature of the regime. Before Mancho went out with the coffin, he knew the repressive nature of the regime. Before Ayah was talking and preaching he knew. None of our leaders were taken by surprise. They knew the nature of this regime and I guess it is something they should be prepared because they carry now the weight of former British Southern Cameroons. It was not going to be easy. Yes, they knew what they were getting into.

No one man is more than the aspirations of Southern Cameroons and the people shall not accept any compromise from any leader or leaders who sort to take us back to the collapsed status quo. The Southern Cameroons people shall not also accept the release of few while others remain in jail. This is a song we have been singing for months. The news flying over the internet that few will be bailed out because of a known abode, profession or respected people of the society is aching to the marrow. We are not fools. Before La Republique arrested our people and charged them as terrorists, didn't they know they were and are respected people in the society? Are the "commoners" in jail not known by their abode, professions etc? Therefore, our mantra that all must be released must continue. The release of few and others in jail will solve nothing and no one will hear from those released if they don't speak the language of the people.

This struggle is not a child's play and any leader or front line activists engaging in this must have known that it is not for fun or popularity contest. It is DO or Die something. I, Mark Bareta earlier declared that I have killed all emotional, psychological, spiritual, sexual , financial etc attachments as such I am fully engage into this struggle in such a way that only death will stop me from this struggle. I am aware that I can be killed tomorrow, arrested etc. I know I have sacrificed my going home to the Cameroons until restoration and therefore I have no regrets. Yes, I knew what I was getting into, therefore all front line leaders and activists must understand the danger they are into against an organised criminal state of La Republique. We have collectively lived as prisoners for 56 years under the bondage of La Republique. We must break the chain now.

Therefore, as we push for other issues to take the struggle ahead, our only major concern now is fighting for the unconditional release of all our people in jail and not some conditional release of a selected few. A Conditional Release is worse than prison in itself. It gives more talking points to La Republique and condemns the rest in jail as criminals. The rest who are in there because they listened to the directives of the consortium leaders.

The people of Southern Cameroons are not expecting to receive their leaders who will come out and be mute. We expect our leaders to come out and continue where they stopped. It could be in the form of dialogue, meetings, tours and social media activism that's why they must be released unconditionally. We don't want to see a leader released conditionally and can't even give a press interview. Such a leader does not promote the struggle in anyway. We should have known what took us into this thing and be prepared to take it to the logical end.

Also, the arguments by some that people who are against their conditional release should replace them in jail is so childish and weak minded. Everyone whether home or abroad and even the unborn have a role to play. Distance has never been a barrier. We are separated by rivers and oceans but bonded by a common vision to see a free Southern Cameroons. The strike didn't meet us in Southern Cameroons and we ran abroad. This strike met us at our respective destinations and we embraced it fully. For those who escaped police arrest and went to Nigeria or USA was a tactical move to not have killed the struggle and while out we still see their huge contributions. We are called upon to play our role in the struggle whether home or abroad and we must put the people's interest first.

There is no turning back. No forgiveness for anyone who will compromise this winning struggle.

Freedom Ghost Towns continue Monday 29th, 2017.

This is Mark Bareta, From Bui County and I approve this message.

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Rita Akana

28.May.2017

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