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The anglophone consortium has just come up with a list of Southern Cameroonians who have been abducted by forces loyal to President Paul Biya  in the wake of the anglophone crisis.

Mark Bareta who acts as the Interim consortium leader alongside Tapang Ivo worked together to compile the list below:

UPDATED LIST OF ABDUCTED SOUTHERN CAMEROONIANS 

It is because of these persons that the struggle must continue. We owe them that.

Apart from the over 250 abducted in Mile 16 and 17 Buea, hundreds more in other areas that we cannot account for now by names, please if you know anyone abducted whose name is not on this list, send a mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating where he/she resides. We are in this struggle because of these individuals. The list includes names of teachers, lawyers, justices, lecturers, activists, students etc. They are all our heroes/heroines.
1. Tite Nkwenkam Momemka
19 years arrested January 28 in bamenda for distributing tracts
Accused of terrorism
Locked up in Yaounde
2. Chief Justice Ayah Paul
3. Barrister Agbor Balla
4. Dr Fontem Neba
5. Penn Terence Khan
6. Mancho bibixy
7. Elvis ndzenyuy
8. Veranso stephen
9. Tatah Elvis
10. Ngalim Felix
11. Chi Conrad
12. Muforchu Jean Pierre
13. Tambou cedric
14. Tangwa malvin
15. Levala Brian
16. Awuh Terence
17. Aselacha martin
18. Away Dzenyagha junior
19. Munji Roland
20. Awemo Joseph
21. Hillary Ndonkeh
22. Sunjo Diedonne
23. Wenong Snow Moses
24. Kingah Valentine
25. Yusinyu Gerald
26. Ndasi julius
27. Nkembu anicet
28. Kuyase Leonard
29. Mungou Azeh
30. Pang James
31. Manyaika Gaston
32. Eugene Ngeme
33. Tah Emile
34. Ngoumbe Zack
35. Hans Achumba
36. Pa Joe Ngwa Galim
37. Tangko Blaise
38. Ayeni Hyacinth
39. Shiyla Aloysius
40. Tanni (other names not known. Part of those arrested from Ndop)
41. Lawyer Abadem Walters
42. Ngeka Aaron
43. Tati Eric Ngu
44. Ruchard Chiato Yam
45. Ndenge Godden Zama
46. Yenmole Njovens
47. Mend Ako Junior
48. Achou Constatine
49. Fombi Amstrong
50. Fonyuy Kemi Cliford
51. Osi Abel
52. Nisi David Abang
53. Esono Wakenba.
54.Wirngo Daniel Wirdoh
55.Andrew Vuzuwoh Nchie
56.Wemje Vitalist
57. Fointama Christian
58.Yufenyuy Emmanuel
59. Tchato Richard ( ENS Student)
60. Tim Finian Njua
61. Barrister Tadikam Walters
62. Amos Fofung
63.Atia Azohnwi

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Rita Akana

15.Feb.2017

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A Cameroonian soldier has been killed in Kumshe area of Borno state, Nigeria, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Cameroonian newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, said the soldier was killed when a security vehicle he was travelling in climbed a landmine planted by Boko Haram in Kumshe.

Cameroon and Nigeria have been fighting Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest for several years now. 

Boko Haram days ago killed at least seven Nigerian soldiers and injured about 19 others following an ambush in Borno state.

The latest deaths among Nigerian and Cameroonian soldiers, many argue, are an indication that the terrorists are far from being defeated as repeatedly claimed by Nigeria.

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Rita Akana

14.Feb.2017

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If there were an organisation higher in rank than the United Nations, maybe the British Southern Cameroonians could sue the UN there.
Africa in her geopolitical structure as we have it today, is the fruit of an arbitrary division by the European Colonisers, mapped out in history as booty in proportion to each one's taste at the time, but for Ethiopia and Liberia.
After the defeat of Germany, whom most Cameroonians still love in the First World War, The League of Nations amongst other penalties seized Kamerun which had hitherto been a German colony and handed her over to the British and the French colonial masters to prepare for independence in spite of their distinct Colonial policies: the British, the policy of Indirect Rule and the French, the infamous policy of Assimilation. Curiously, the League broke up the colony that under the Germans into two distinct parts, each with the definitive goal of independence. This is where the problem starts.

With the rise of the Second World War and the eventual collapse of the League of Nations, the United Nations saw the light of day and amongst her many tasks was that of leading the territories of the British Southern Cameroons, La Republique du Cameroun and and other African Nations there were still under the colonial yoke to independence and self rule. This is not my story. It is history and the UN, the British and the French know this better to say nothing of their documentation on the subject matter.
In the British colonial policy names above, the indegenous people were given the freedom to form political parties and engage in open politicking with one another in their pursuit of self governance. This enabled them to conserve their cultural heritage, retain their institutions and belief systems and to look up to the British just for coaching. Under this framework they raised their national assembly and council of chiefs amongst others and learnt to confront and bring their democratically elected leaders to order when they did not represent the opinion of the the common man, his electorate. "Agere sequitur esse" is a Latin expression which means that as a being is so does it act, for every being acts according to its nature. Freedom of speech therefore has been the lot of the British Southern Cameroonian, and history attests to this. Democratic principles have governed his society from the post First World War days. Calling the leaders for the British Southern Cameroonian is not a taboo topic but a right. According to the legal heritage they picked up from the British, an accused person is still innocent until proven guilty before the law. This is how he was formed. This has been his orientation. And this is why he acts the way he does. And this is just not compatible with the orientation forced through his brother who lived in La Republique du Cameroun under the French.

In La Republique du Cameroun under the French, the policy of Assimilation was practised , not just there, but in all other French colonial territories in the world. How was this colonial policy applied by France and what was their real intention? Since the French did not have any intention to leave her colonies, nor give them any independence, the real objective of assimilation was to destroy the values of the indegenous people and their social structures, teach them to look up only to France as their liberator and exemplar. It aimed at teaching them to believe that a truly civilised person was an assimilated species, assuring them of an eutopia of "fraternité, egalité and liberté". It was not therefore surprising that their cultural heritage was hacked and ruined and the capacity of free and democratic leadership was not enhanced. No wonder then that prior to the independence of La Republique du Cameroun on the First of January 1961, the French colonial despots obliged the local leadership of Yaounde to sign inter alia: to allow France all latitudes on economic policy and monetary matters, the role to chose the government for La Republique du Cameroun, assistance in crushing all rebellion and assistance in her internal security and the recognition that all mineral and natural resources "belonged" to France. No wonder then, that in the wake of her independence the French colonial army descended on the real patriots of the Cameroun masses in order to install a weaker authority in Yaounde which they could manipulate at will. The French know this much more than any African and have better documentation about this than everyone else. And they did not do this only for La Republique du Cameroun, but did so to all her colonies. This may explain why every former French Colonial administration that has tried not to toe the line has met with hardships and sometimes death. Look at what happened to Thomas Sankara! Look at how Ghadaffi ended. Look at how many French backed military junters have ravaged the continent. "Agere sequitur esse" we said. The administrators of the African continent that have been assimilated cannot but act in the same way as is their leadership instinct. They all do everything to serve not just the interests of their people but much more those of the Colonial master that keep them in power. In many cases all over Africa such leaders do need to win elections any longer to keep glued to power. With France behind them, nothing can go wrong.

But how does the UN seem to be responsible for the crisis in the British Southern Cameroons, the nation that was aborted by them when in a surprising ploy she was lured into a union with La Republique du Cameroun with whom they had enjoyed unity under the colonial era of the Germans? How could the UN receive a mandate from the League of Nations to complete the process of self rule for people and later abort the scheme? Was this in good fate or it was only to defend the egoism of France, one of the unmoved movers with veto rights under the UN? Can anyone call this fair business?

I don't fully blame the authorities in Yaounde for acting the way they have done. That is how their orientation is. That is the political vision they have known. France breathes through them and if they change their pace and perspectives, the consequences are obviously going to be a repetition of what has shown up in other French colonies. How can one expect an environment that has never been drilled in listening to the voice and opinion of the masses to act otherwise? Are those who speak English enemies to those who speak French enemies in Africa? No! They live together always and happily, but when talking about democratic principles, it is a different story altogether. And the French know this better as the economic ransack and pillage of Africa has recently been articulated by one of their own Jacques Chirac.

Do I blame the English speaking population that receives authority from Yaounde for their rise and quests? "Agere sequitur esse". They were trained to be democratic. They are a free people in their historical orientation. They call their leaders to order. They demand for accountability as a right to the common man. They like to use their own natural resources and to forment their own Educational Curriculum that is relevant to their course and vision. This is who they are.

From all these analysis there is an inclination to blame to the greatest extent the United Nations for a job started and aborted. To blame them for watching people maimed, raped, tortured, arbitrarily imprisoned according to the civil law module which maintains that everyone is found guilty before the law until proven innocent. Had these protests been centred around the interests of any of the major signatories of the UN would this silence have been the answer? I remember in tears how the UN watched the drama in Rwanda in which French arms almost brought to extinction an entire nation, and I contrast it with the show of solidarity with France by all and sundry when the Islamic terrorists stroke Paris last year.
The uprising in Cameroun looks like two brothers set into a chain reaction by a heartless father who sits somewhere enjoying the show, ready to supply, sell or lend arms.
Can the UN wash her hands clean from this crisis? 

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Ewdwin Boye

14.Feb.2017

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Ex-servicemen in West Cameroon have confirmed that they have been offered phones and other espionage gadgets by the brutal regimeof president Paul Biya to further eavesdrop on West Cameroonians and facilitate in the mass arrests of citizens involved in the Anglophone struggle.

"My phone has been offered today. They say I will receive a stipend for every vital information I reveal," says a retired police officer in Bokwango, Buea. "They told me every retired soldier has been enlisted too."

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Tapang Ivo

14.Feb.2017

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The rejection of February 11 celebration in Buea by many Anglophones is not likely to be the day’s only damaging revelation about diminishing admiration towards Youth Day in the Anglophone Regions.

It took just 34 minutes for the show to start and end.

Only a handful of schools partook in the march-past at the Independence Square, unlike in the past when the line-up of smartly dressed school children stretched over a kilometre.

Distinct from the previous editions of February 11, both grandstands were also scantily occupied.The conduct of the participants cast grim doubts as to their origins. This year, many strange and shabbily dressed persons were seen at the march-past in Buea.

Observers of the Buea February 11 event wondered whether the celebration had not been stage-managed by ferrying in trainees of the armed forces from nearby training schools.

Clean-shaven heads (krobo) of some of the participants including females deepened the suspicion that those who marched in Buea were recruits.

The doubts were further spread as military trucks and those belonging to a corporation were seen transporting loads of people before and after the march-past. 

Youths, supposedly from the Southwest Region, marched in T-shirts inscribed with the message ‘One Cameroon’. However, reports said some of the youths in the various quarters were baited late the night preceding the Youth Day with promises of financial rewards.

What seemed to confirm the suspicion that officials, desperate to make believe that February 11 was successfully celebrated in Buea, had rented outsiders to march, was the unique hairstyle, body build, look and attitude.

The French-language which the marchers spoke mostly betrayed them all the more. They also walked in groups or pairs and refused to talk to the press. The suspicious youths turned down requests for interviews after the march-past, while it is well known that youths have always been eager to answer questions from the press and even hear their own voices over radio or see their faces on TV, or quoted in newspapers.

Prior to the march-past, only a few taxi cabs and motorcycle taxis had circulated. This left many people wondering how the “Southwest Youths For One Cameroon” could have moved from their homes to the Independence Square.

In any case, they had not been trekking to the venue of the march-past. They only appeared when the marching started and huddled around a few opened shops and bars at Clerks’ Quarters before moving towards the Gendarmerie Headquarters in Buea.

It was thus assumed, rightly or wrongly, that the ‘rented’ marchers boarded buses and trucks waiting to transport them back to their training centres.
Disagreement Over Bait

An interesting development that ensued after the march past was a scrimmage that erupted over the bait of FCFA 25000 for the hired recruits. The recruits supposedly received only FCFA 5000 each, instead of the FCFA 25000 that was promised. With tempers flaring, the hired marchers were overheard chiding the authorities for making them risk their lives for a paltry FCFA 5000.

Schools, Snack Vendors Boycott Celebration

The absence of most Government schools and the absolute nonappearance of private and mission schools was the crown of the February 11 drama in Buea. There was neither the famous Baptist High School band, nor the colourful uniforms of the various schools.

Only the Government Bilingual Grammar School of Molyko and Government Bilingual High School Muea marched with banners showing that they were those of the Francophone section.

The primary schools that took part in the march-past were Ecole Public Francophone I and II in Buea.

Some of the students participated several times as they turned around and dressed in T-shirts and marched under other banners. Afterwards, they could be seen wearing party and other T-shirts over their school uniforms.

Quite different from tradition, vendors of snacks and soft drinks who often thronged the February 11 celebration grounds were nowhere to be seen since their clients; pupils, students and their parents and guardians had boycotted the event.

At the end of the day, Southwest Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai, expressed gratitude to those who showed up for the march-past and enjoined the rest to resume school activities.

In beer parlous in Buea, youths could be heard commenting that there is no school for them, and some who were curious about the purported Southwest Youths For One Cameroon saying that the rented youths should also be rented to go to school. 

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Rita Akana

14.Feb.2017

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