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Barely 24 hours after Southern Cameroonians in Germany officially confirmed their demonstration slated for this Friday, 27.01.2017, Cameroon Concord is just getting confirmation reports from Cameroonians based in the Netherlands that their application for demonstration has been granted by the Dutch authorities.Below is a detail protest plan;
Southern Cameroonians in the Netherlands will protest this coming Friday 27/01/2017. Here is there program
Program:
12:00-12:30: Assemble at Kneuterdijk 20, Den Haag
12:30-13:30: Manifestation towards UK Embassy
13:30-15:00: Demonstration at UK Embassy
15:00-15:30: Manifestation towards US Embassy
15:30-17:00: Demonstration at US Embassy
17:00-18:00: Light refreshment
Public transport info:
1. From den Haag Holland Spoor: Tram 1(direction Scheveningen Noorderstrand). Stop at Kneuterdijk tram stop.
2. From den Haag Central: Bus 22 (Direction Duindorp) or Bus 24 (Direction Kijkduin), stop at bus stop Kneuterdijk.
As for car transportation:
Are there any volunteers who'd like to share their ride from Amsterdam or Rotterdam or any other parts of the NL to the manifestation coming Friday 27? Please indicate.
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty"
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BaretaNews is getting a very disturbing report. The Colonial Divisional Officer of Nkambe Central Abba Abdouraman has threatened Fr Andrew Kushu Solii Ngah, Parish priest of Christ the King Parish, Nkambe Town. The Catholic Priest had gathered with his Christians to pray at a site for the current crisis.The DO confronted the Priest and said he must take permission from his office before gathering to pray. He went further to say the priest will be abducted. We are sending this information to all Catholic Christians in West Cameroon to be aware. Father Andrew Ngah has already been tagged and many more Priests are being tagged. When has praying openly requested that permission must be sought from the authorities? We denounce this strongly and call on all Christians to be vigilant.
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While millions of their people live in poverty, these African leaders are heavily loaded in terms of treasures. He is the president of Cameroon and 83 years old. The statesman has an estimated fortune of $ 200 million.
With his wealth mostly based in Europe, he owns several mansions there as reported. He is currently the longest ruling Non-Royal head of state in the world. He has rigged the term limit laws twice to make sure he stays in power.
The Cameroonian president is said to be the richest man in Cameroon. In a 2009 , the Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development (CCFD) denounced Paul Biya as being among a list of leaders with ill-gotten wealth.
According to a French online newspaper, Rue 89, Paul Biya’s vacation was over the top more expensive than that of the American President. He was widely criticized for having rented a villa for 30,000 euros per day in August 2009. Cameroon is one of the poorest countries in the world (with $2,257 GDP per capita as of 2011) with 48% of its population living below the poverty line.
The U.S. imported $544 million worth of crude and fuel oil from Cameroon in 2008 and exported $59 million worth of drilling and oilfield equipment but still the citizens don’t see all this profit. Because of its modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems confronting other underdeveloped countries, such as stagnant per capita income, a relatively inequitable distribution of income, a top-heavy civil service, endemic corruption, and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise.
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The Alliance of Progressive Forces (AFP) says "Yes to federalism as a mode of administration"
In an open letter signed by President Alice Sadio, the Alliance of Progressive Forces (AFP) has called on the government of Cameroon to listen to the voices of its citizens! We do not govern against the people, but with the people and for the people. "
The entire AFP position:
The Northwest and Southwest Regions have been disconnected from the rest of the country and the world for some time. In a dictatorial system such as ours where most private media are compelled to use the minimum service, the Internet remains the most effective means of information and a guarantee of transparency. The AFP by my voice, urges the CPDM regime, to comeback to their senses by having in mind the principle according to which: the State is us all! We do not govern against the people, but with the people and for the people.
In Cameroon as elsewhere, social networks have played a remarkable role of counter-power, which has made it possible to expose and curb the abuses of dictatorships. AFP is particularly concerned about this suspension of the Internet in the protesting regions of Cameroon (North-West and South-West). It is only behind closed doors, in darkness that the worst atrocities have perpetrated in the history of humanity, we fear for the security and the rights of the Cameroonian citizens living in these areas. The right to information is one of the fundamental rights of EVERY citizen. No one can deprive him or her of it without interfering with Democracy.
There is an Anglophone crisis in Cameroon
Leaders that you were yesterday in talks with, have now been relegated to the rank of "maquisards" ... You changed tactics and now embark on abduction and intimidation! And yet, we know that mutual respect, intellectual honesty, taking into account the fundamental concerns of the stakeholders ... are the prerequisite for any constructive dialogue! Indeed, as we feared, it is rather the strategy of the suppression that is in progress regarding the crisis that prevails in the anglophone parts of Cameroon. When the Government embarks today on the inviolability of the Constitution to stigmatize the Anglophone Consortium and others, it forgets that no one has violated the Constitution as much as the CPDM dictatorship.
They have probably postulated that we Cameroonians are suffering from collective amnesia and thereby claiming to forget that the CPDM marched on the blood of Cameroonians in 2008 to modify the constitutional provisions in the interest of a single individual: Paul Biya. But when a community as representatives as that of two whole Regions show almost unanimity in the demand for the revision of the systemic pillars of the State, you take refuge behind this same Constitution, perpetually trampled under foot, implemented to a level of less than 50%, to enact" outlaw "citizens whose only crime is to have the audacity to consider Another future for our children.
Who do you mock? It is clear to any common sense observer that in the management of the Republic, only the interests and priorities of the CPDM count.The position of AFP in the issue of the right to self-determination is indispensable as it should be in any democracy. Consequently, the tortures will do nothing, the people will eventually have the last word. Yes to federalism as a mode of administration. The number of federated states to be determined by referendum.
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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied ever granting an interview to Radio France International in which he called for the ousting of President Paul Biya of Cameroon.
A statement from the Communications Directorate of the former president’s office, signed by Mr Kobina Andoh Amoakwa, said: “The attention of the office of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings has been drawn to a false report on Radio France International (RFI) alleging that he spoke on the situation in the Gambia during which he purportedly called on ECOWAS to influence the AU to send troops to Cameroun to oust President Paul Biya.”
“President Rawlings has granted no interview to any local or international news media on the subject matter and we condemn in the strongest terms the attempt by RFI to smear his reputation with such falsehood.
“The former President is best known for his conflict resolution roles within the sub-region and beyond and any attempt to attribute to him false news on serious matters of international diplomacy is reckless, unethical, unprofessional and slanderous,” the statement added.
Mr Rawlings’ office warned that any media house that publishes “falsehood about former President Rawlings should note that immediate legal action will be taken against them for such fabrications.”
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Southern Cameroonians residing in Germany are gearing up for a big demonstration against the brute regime of Dictator Paul Biya and the liberation of Southern Cameroonians from the occupational forces of La republique Du Cameroun.The demonstration is scheduled to take place on Friday the 27.01.2017 in Berlin Germany.demonstrators will be pouring in to Berlin from all regions of Germany and elsewhere in Europe.Cameroon Concord had the chance to speak with one of the demonstrators from the SOUTHERN CAMEROONS NATIONAL COUNCIL (SCNC), Mr Gwan Philip Ngassa, who had this to say:
My friends, to fight for our people is a matter of conscience and obedience to God's commandment!
We cannot afford to regard as normal the burning alive of our grand parents and burning down of our villages; We cannot regard as normal the reckless gunning down of our youth and systematic raping of our daughters.
We must scorn fear and refuse to be fooled by small appointments of useless and inconsequential ministers from our localities intended to still crush our families, lay waste to our youth and create refugees out of our hardworking and peaceful people.
Gwan Philip Ngassa
Below is a press statement released by Dr Elad on his Facebook wall:
Dear lovely people of West Cameroon living in Germany and around the world, I am Dr. Lawyer Kizito Logan Elad, one of the coordinator of the upcoming demonstration in Berlin on Friday the 27.01.2017. I am writing to confirm the worries of many people who have called to verify if the demonstration is genuine. YES, it is.
All the police paper work was ready before the first announcement was sent out.
Let me use this opportunity to thank all our West Cameroon citizens for being fully determine to carry this our common struggle right to the end.
Fellow West Cameroonians, I am asking you all to please honour this call and come out in your numbers so that, we can put a final "full Stop" on the existence of la Republique in our territory 'West Cameroon, a land of hope ". Remember that, "it is during our darkest moment that we must focus to see the light", Aristotle Onassis. Thanks, yours, Dr . Elad.
For any information you can reach me on: +491799154188
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