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The seven rules of engagement:
I strongly believe that we can all give a big push to this struggle once again! Remember that there would be high and low moments. Here are the rules of engagement:
1. Call back home daily and prepare our citizens for the light at the end of the tunnel. Already, our French-speaking brothers and sisters are now stamping their footprints on our campus once again. Invite every family member to pull back starting Monday because it will be sad for violators.
2. Other pressure groups that advocate for self-defense could step up their game, even more, I suggest. The regime has intensified their violent strategies and so there is more need for the show of power too from other existing pressure groups.
3. Send the numbers of those teachers and their photos. We need to know exactly whom we are calling and how to identify them. Enough is enough. Our children are dying and are being arrested and these teachers do not care.
4. Locate the DOs and SDOs and send us their contact addresses. Get their time schedule and let us know when they are free from work to attend to our own duties. Call back home and get this information. Send it to us privately.
5. Write letters and placed them on the doors of students whom you think are violating the struggle. A warning notice is important. We will not end on Facebook alone. Send anonymous letters in this regard. Let them know that their actions provoke more killings in our country.
6. Taxi drivers that violate the ghost towns should have their matriculation numbers written down for future reference. Already, our self-defence pressure groups have been claiming responsibilities for some of the burnings of cars. That is not a problem to me, considering that the circulation of cars on ghost town days provoke more killings than it prevents. And also, drivers have been well informed.
7. At the moment, everyone is aware of our key messages on ghost towns and the non-use of violence, especially in humans. But, we are tired of sending out the same messages over and over. Now it is time to flog people who have transformed the temple into a hive of activities. Our temple must be respected, take it or leave it.
I cannot wait for Monday. We shall see who is who in Southern Cameroons.
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At least one person was killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon on Sunday in an area where hundreds of attacks have occurred since 2014. Cameroonian newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, said the attack today occurred in Waza, in the country’s far north, not very far from the border with Nigeria where the terrorists.
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All the pressure groups and organisations the world over, battling to restore the Independence/Statehood of the former British Southern Cameroons have finally created a common front.
In a release on March 1 2017, the different groups; the SCNC, SCAPO, Republic of Ambazonia, SCYL, The Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium - CACSC, MoRISC, Southern Cameroons South Africa Forum, Southern Cameroonians in Nigeria - SCINGA and the Ambazonia Governing Council, all decided to form the Southern Cameroons/Ambazonia Consortium United Front, SCACUF whose Secretariat is in Buea. SCAFCUF already took certain decisions at a time when the Cameroon government is battling to rescue the 2016-2017 academic year.
Below is SCACUF's full release...
Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) Pressure Groups Create United Front to Restore Statehood:
The drive towards the total restoration of the statehood of the Southern Cameroons has scored the biggest victory of all times. About all the organizations previously scattered across the world with separate and sometimes contradictory positions on what should be good for the people and how the objective could be attained, have all come together under one umbrella to henceforth speak in the same language.
The leaders of the SCNC, SCAPO, Republic of Ambazonia, SCYL, The Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium - CACSC, MoRISC, Southern Cameroons South Africa Forum, Southern Cameroonians in Nigeria - SCINGA and the Ambazonia Governing Council agreed to form a new body bringing everyone together to carry out tough actions for clear results.
After four days of deliberations, from the 23rd to the 26th of February, the leaders declared the creation of the Southern Cameroons/Ambazonia Consortium United Front, SCACUF and agreed to henceforth be referred to as Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia). The leaders put in place the structures of a permanent secretariat with head office Buea and branches abroad, agreeing to man the various organs in the days ahead.
THE CONSORTIUM STARTED IT ALL
Going forward, SCACUF unanimously adopted the image of Barrister Nkongho Frlix Agbor Balla, President of the Consortium as the face of the entire struggle, and then endorsed Tassang Wilfred Fombang and Barrister Eyambe Elias Ebai of the same Consortium to be their mouth piece with the mandate to continue to direct the ongoing struggle on the home front.
Other key decisions include the proscription of the CPDM (RDPC) party and its affiliates all over the territory of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) as terrorist and money laundering organizations sponsored by La Republique du Cameroun, with immediate effect, the outlawing of any elections organized by La Republique du Cameroun, the beginning of preparations towards the official declaration of the statehood of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) in the days ahead and the recruitment of an international law Firm, the Foley Hoag International Law Firm to commence legal proceedings against La Republique du Cameroun and individuals in her government in the appropriate jurisdiction for crimes against humanity and genocide.
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The UNDP, the UPC, the MP or the FSNC took advantage of the UNDP Congress to give their positions on the subject.
Several opposition parties attended the 6th Ordinary Congress of the National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP) held on February 25, 2017 in Yaoundé.
The event was used as an opportunity for these political formations to respond to calls for a return to federalism which had earlier on been issued by some, following the crisis that is currently shaking the English-speaking Regions of the country.
These positions are relayed in The New Expression (LNE) published on 27 February.
Federalism is out of question, the Union of Populations of Cameroon (UPC) insisted. Basile Louka, the Secretary General of the historic party of Cameroon, called on "all political formations whose roots are deep in the history of our country, we ask them to join hands so that Cameroon remains united, democratic , Decentralized, through dialogue ".
In the same vein, Henri Hogbe Nlend, chairman of the General Council of the same party, declared: "We have fought for Cameroon to be united and now we are fighting for it to be disunited," said the former Minister. The position of the MP (Progressive Movement) is similar. According to its coordinator, Jean Jacques Ekindi, "the union of citizens is the only one capable of saving our country. What is happening in the south-west and north-west region, in the extreme north, in the east, goes beyond the simple convictions of political parties and fundamentally challenges of each other ".
The gathering i also witnessed the attendence of members of the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon (FSNC). Issa Tchiroma, its president urged "the President of the Republic not to shrink from any difficulty for the search for solutions," said the Minister of Communication. At UNDP, it is also believed that federalism is not the solution to the problem.
"Everyone must participate and be aware that there is one thing that goes beyond all of us, it is first of all the foundation of the country.
Our country, whose sons and daughters, decided on reunification over 55 years ago must remain the one dreamed up by founding fathers, "Maigari Bello Bouba said. Opinions contrary to that of the SDF is is stronly advocating for a reurn to the fedral state of the country.
John Fru Ndi's SDF party reiterated the party's position: "In the SDF, we advocate federalism. To get out of this phase, we are calling for a constitutional conference, "Ibrahim Alhadji said.
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Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium (CACSC) reminds of it's Consortium Anglophone Congress in Houston, Texas, USA, on 10 and 11 March 2017. Venue shall be disclosed next week according to the organizers. The organizers are further calling on all Southern Cameroonians in the area to turnout to the event.
Tapang Ivo, one of the organizers writes:We shall debate, share ideas, listen to each other, establish stronger friendship and unity, mend fences and hold our hands together for a United Southern Cameroons. Be there if you can. Hey, by the way, the Consortium will be supporting this Friday's protest at the UN in New York city, USA. Let us flank our weight behind unity and not behind division.
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SDF is planning a federalism demonstration in Douala; Cameroon on 4th March 2017 in support of The Anglophone Problem. The delegation would be headed by Honorable Jean Mitchel Nintcheu.
The purpose of the demonstration is to call on the authorities to make it possible for Cameroon to go back to a federal state as was the case before 1972.
They believe Federation will return power to the people and bring development to Cameroon.
Meanwhile the Divisional Officer for Douala V sub-division, Tchakui Noundie Jean Marie, released a statement prohibiting the holding of the rally scheduled by the SDF on March 4.
In his statement he mentioned that the prohibition of the rally was in a bid to maintain public order in his area of jurisdiction.
He also instructed the Commissioner of the 7th district police station and the commander of the Gendarmerie brigade in Bepanda to make sure that his statement; prohibiting the rally is followed.
Honorable Jean Mitchel Nintcheu, the Littoral SDF Regional president, said going by the 1990 law on public gatherings, the D.O has no powers to ban such a rally. He said, they only declared the holding of the rally and were not applying for any authorization from the civil administrator. The outspoken Nintcheu was emphatic that the ban, to them, remains illegal.
He questioned why the D.O did not, in his decision, state clearly why he had to ban the rally. The opposition party called the ban baseless, Nintcheu told Cameroon Concord's Douala base correspondent on phone that they are rather intensifying preparations ahead of the rally.
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