Politics

Already candidates have begun dropping their candidature for the elective positions and most especially for the Presidential hopeful. The following militants have indicated their willingness to become the party's new chieftain replacing Fru Ndi. These people are Joshua Osih, Barrister Mbah Ndam Joseph and Tchinda Simon.  

The founding Chairman hasn't made any intention to run for the post of Party Chairman as of now. John Fru Ndi has piloted the affairs of the Social Democratic Front for the past twenty eight years. Indicating the readiness of the Social Democratic Front to participate in the forth coming elections isn't any good omen for the party, whose launching was heralded as the jewel of change.

This euphoria has faded out over the years and it has become as dirty as the pot " CPDM" that the "kettle"SDF had condemned over the ages. The elections that have been announced to hold this year 2018, seemingly is threatened by a lot of uncertainty.

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Rita Akana

01.Feb.2018

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After arrest of Ambazonia Leaders, US Congress passes House Res 718 condemning the Biya regime for gross human rights violations. The Resolution that was introduced today, Tuesday Jan 30, 2018, by Lee M. Zeldin; a Republican Congressman from New York (pictured) passed overwhelmingly and was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to recommend sanctions and then notify the State Department. If the Biya regime thought arresting Ambazonia leaders will kill the Anglophone struggle, they were obviously mistaken because Cameroon is now on the international spotlight and the struggle just began....

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 718
January 29, 2018

Mr. Zeldin submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the actions taken by the Government of the Republic of Cameroon against Patrice Nganang and others, and for other purposes.

Whereas, on January 17, 2017, the Government of the Republic of Cameroon shut down mobile internet access to English-speaking regions of Cameroon after clashes involving separatists;
Whereas, on October 1, 2017, the Department of State expressed serious concern over the Government of Cameroon's use of force to restrict free expression and violence against protestors in the country's English-speaking regions;
Whereas the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) publicly urged the Government of Cameroon to halt violence after 17 people had reportedly been killed and dozens wounded and arrested in demonstrations in the country's English-speaking regions since October 1, 2017;
Whereas the Government of Cameroon has retained control of electronic media by refusing to grant licenses to private radio and television stations and has intensified political attacks against the independent press;
Whereas commenting unfavorably on political or human rights issues frequently results in official repercussions for writers and journalists in Cameroon;
Whereas publishing material critical of the Government of Cameroon on political or human rights issues frequently results in official repercussions for writers and journalists;
Whereas Patrice Nganang criticized the Government of Cameroon for its marginalization of English-speaking persons and publicly criticized President Biya on online media outlets;
Whereas Patrice Nganang is highly educated, with a Ph.D. in comparative literature and is currently a professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook;
Whereas, on December 6, 2017, Patrice Nganang was arrested at Douala International Airport and charged with violating the antiterror law for insulting President Biya;
Whereas Patrice Nganang was taken into custody and detained in the Kondengui Central Prison in Yaounde, Cameroon, for approximately 20 days;
Whereas the Government of Cameroon delayed a public hearing for Patrice Nganang and neglected to issue a warrant of criminal charges;
Whereas hundreds of English-speaking detainees have been beaten or mistreated in custody;
Whereas these actions of the Government of Cameroon constitute gross and reprehensible violations of international law and basic human rights;
Whereas the police, gendarmerie, and Government authorities reportedly continued to arrest and detain persons arbitrarily, often holding them for prolonged periods without charge or trial and at times incommunicado; and
Whereas there are numerous documented accounts of citizens of Cameroon being imprisoned and beaten for publicly reporting on unrest in Cameroon's English-speaking regions or criticizing President Biya:
Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) strongly condemns the actions taken by the Government of the Republic of Cameroon against Patrice Nganang and the English-speaking minority of Cameroon;
(2) affirms that the United States continues to hold the
Government of Cameroon responsible for upholding all the rights of its citizens, regardless of political views or beliefs; and (3) urges the Government of Cameroon to extend to all of Cameroon's citizens, including political dissidents, the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations and other international covenants on human rights, including the freedoms of expression with equal protection under law.

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Ekinneh Agbaw-Ebai

01.Feb.2018

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According to concealed documents in the Élysée and Unity Palaces, the independence day of Southern Cameroons is Friday 1st January 1960 and not 1st October 1961 as Southern Cameroonians know.

Although the ephemeral German Kamerun had been nothing but an illusion according to the League of Nations, French President General Charles De Gaulle felt that a sentimental return to the pre-war boundaries of the divided Kamerun would be a unique opportunity to add British Cameroons’ territory to French Cameroun which was already within the French sphere of influence. So the General conceived a disguised concept of Union des Populations du Cameroun’s Kamerun Idea and imposed on British Cameroons (Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons).

In recognition of the fact that Southern Cameroons was already a distinct territory within the international system - being prepared for self-determination as per Article 76(b) of the UN Charter, UPC initiated the Kamerun Idea, which advocated for the reunification of French Cameroun and British Cameroons – under the condition that both UN Trust Territories would preserve their newly inherited traditions, cultures and identities in a federation of two states equal in status.

According to the General’s disguised concept, French Cameroun because of it seize compared to British Cameroons considered itself the substitute for Kamerun, from which the British Cameroons had been torn by an accident of history.

Reunification was perceived in Paris and Yaoundé as a return to Cameroun part of what had been taken away from it. In that sense, reunification was only a one-way movement from the British Cameroons to the Republic of Cameroun, a sort of return from the Diaspora to the “fatherland.”

General De Gaulle and Ahidjo had to kill the entire UPC leadership to ensure that reunification does not become a union between two sovereign states as envisaged by the UPC, but rather, the attachment of a still dependent Southern Cameroons to an already independent Cameroun - that attachment being construed to signify independence for the former.

With the backing of France within the UN Trusteeship Council, Ahidjo meticulously centred French Cameroun independence celebration on 1, January 1960, as the legitimate independence of the replaced Kamerun. 

At the grandstand in Yaoundé, Ahidjo was surrounded by members of his government, and on his right hand was John Ngu Foncha and a delegation representing Southern Cameroons. The two leaders witnessed one hundred and one gun shots, which marked the end of the French Trusteeship. At the end of his long speech, Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said “on behalf of the United nations, I welcome the new Independent State of Cameroun.”On that day, French Cameroun was named Republic of Cameroun.

As envisaged by Paris, the thoroughly choreographed active symbolic participation of a strong Southern Cameroons delegation in Yaoundé on 1, January 1960 in the presence of high level international personalities from more than fifty countries, including the Secretary General of the United Nations, H.E Dag Hammarskjold, Messrs Jacquinot, personal Representative of General de Gaulle, Henry Gabot-Ledgo, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and personal Representative of President Eisenhower (not exclusively), was intended to convince the international community that French Cameroun independence also meant British Southern Cameroons independence, in other words the legitimate reunion of brothers and sisters that history had separated.

After dubiously ensnaring Foncha and the entire Southern Cameroons, Ahidjo moralized on the prodigious virtues of renewed brotherhood. Knowing well that Southern Cameroonians were bound by the Plebiscite of 11, February 1961 and limited in their competence to reverse that decision, Ahidjo engaged in a campaign of deceit, making solemn public assurances that reunification will be a mutual movement of the Republic of Cameroun and Southern Cameroons coming together from both sides, on an equal footing.

It was only natural therefore that the people of Southern Cameroons voted overwhelmingly for reunification based on Ahidjo’s lies and false hope. This explains why in Foumban Ahidjo never saw the need for a new constitution, but rather the constitution of French Cameroun was amended to accommodate Southern Cameroons. Furthermore, after reunification, Southern Cameroons had to use Cameroun’s flag, national anthem and currency.

It was in line with De Gaulle’s concealed master plan that 1, October 1961 was not Southern Cameroons independence day, but rather the Republic of Cameroun’s reunification day with Southern Cameroons. There were no international representatives from different countries as expected during independence celebrations, not even the UN was present in Buea. In fact the ceremony which took place in the middle of the night was the illegal transfer of the sovereignty of Southern Cameroons from Britain to the Republic of Cameroun, the replacement of one colonial master by another being construed to signify independence

It is worth mentioning that what De Gaulle and Ahidjo did was completely against the UN Charter. That is why when Northern Cameroons voted in the Plebiscite of 11 February 1961 not to join the Republic of Cameroun, but to continue with Nigeria Ahidjo challenged that decision at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – claiming Northern Cameroons was an indivisible part of his territory. ICJ ruled in 1963 that Northern Cameroons (the Northern half of Southern Cameroons) was not and had never been part of the Republic of Cameroun.

Get full details in “The Unrefined History of Southern Cameroons”

Emmanuel Nebafuh
North West Fons Ambassador for Peace
Universal Peace Federation (UPF) - Peace Ambassador
African Parliamentary Alliance for UN Reforms - Permanent Representative, Geneva Switzerland

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Emmanuel Nebafuh

01.Feb.2018

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This complex and complicated news is marred with controversy and lots unexplained details. LA Republique Du Cameroun through its propaganda machine, France 24, Vision 4 and CRTV are alluding that the arrested leaders are in Yaoundé. These propagandist must show proof of their physical presence in Yaoundé as well as explain lots of their gimmicks and manipulations.

Didn't the same CRTV and Vision 4 televisions not tell the world that this same persons had been brought to Yaoundé on the 5th of January when they were arrested? Didn't Isa Chorima deny the involvement of the government of Cameroon on the matter? How can the purported France 24 channel claim that those brought to Yaoundé on a special jet and heavily guarded are at SED.

If this allegations are anything to go by, then why are these people only brought today, whereas champaign was popped on the 5th of January announcing their arrival on the 5th of January 2018.

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Rita Akana

29.Jan.2018

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We are gradually moving towards the general paralysis of the military Court proceedings in Yaoundé This is because most of the illegally detained Anglophones have began asking so openly the reason d'être of their trials being conducted by military tribunals whereas there are competent civil courts to handle their cases These rising tensions have witnessed mutiny in the two principal prisons in YaOUNDE:

Writing from the point of view of an insider and understanding the hurdles faced by the trial of those arrested Anglophones. The agent attached to thus Directorate has come to understand that the Anglophones aren't terrorist and aren't to be likened to Boko Haram. Boko Haram insurgency has nothing in connection with the happenings in the English speaking regions of the Cameroon's.

Unfortunately unfortunate those illegally detained People of the English speaking Regions are chained like dogs and permanently tortured and deprived of their basic fundamental human rights. The paradox of this treatment is that the actual Boko Haram insurgents, arrested in the Northern Regions, aren't chained like those who aren't Boko Haram elements. 

Those of the Boko Haram insurgency are constantly unconditionally released and resettled in Maroua, Mora, Waza, Ramshidi etc by the same heinous regime that maltreats the Anglophone. Aren't these disparities speaking in volumes that the attack in the English speaking Regions isn't something planned today but a well planned and a meticulously executed genocide backed by France?

There is brewing discontentment in the main Prisons in Yaoundé and severally mutiny has taken place within. This is as a result of the continuum of abuse of basic human right of the illegally detained people,kidnapped from their homes in the North West and South West English speaking Regions. It's unheard of that cases suffer considerably a lot of hiccuping in these incompetent and at worst kangaroo of LA Republique Du Cameroun tagged military tribunals. What disturbs the malicious and vicious regime to bring in the many well qualified and competent Military Judges of English Language extraction to handle the cases.

What erroneously erroneous judgement to charge somebody as guilty as charged, just because they didn't respond to the charges? Tale guided court judgements can't be fair and transparent because most often, persons are accused for committing Y charges but are guilty of committing Z charges that weren't even in the list of charges. Barrister Ben Muna as led lawyer for the Mancho Bibixy case against the State of Cameroon and others Challenged the Magistrate to understand that every accuse has a right to refuse answering questions in Court on three grounds.

Incompetence of the court to handle the matter? Poor handling of the matter Continuous hiccuping of the matter. The frustration and resentment is highly visible in this politicked case. How can such trials be speedy when cases go to court at the discretion of the judges who order these illegally detained persons to be paraded before them just for fun?

Most of the illegally detained people have begun effective resistance to even come to court. A typical example is that of the spokes person, Ndangoh Patrick and others who were placed in a bunker at SED like Nche Conrad and others. How can these people be comfortable when those who torture them are in the hall? They have resolved permanently that they shall boycott the military tribunals for being incompetent to handle their cases. 

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Rita Akana

28.Jan.2018

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Over the last 24 hours, there have been reactions and sharing of videos and information by various Cameroonian bloggers of the extradition of Ambazonian leaders who were abducted in Nigeria back to Yaounde Cameroon. The widespread of the information on social media came after French TV channel specializing on reporting African affairs, France24 reported of the extradition.

In the France24 report, no images of the captured leaders were broadcast.It is alleged that a Francophone lawyer as reported by Mark Bareta, an Ambazonian activist.Below is a statement he issued on his wall:

At this stage this is what we know. Like I posited yesterday, the fact that it is an internal, national and international conspiracy, so many forces are in play, one of which is the France 24 few seconds video. It takes nothing for us to discard that video as a Shithole video but we must be vigilant and open our eyes as it may be a lead to what they have at mind to test our resolve and reactions. This is why I am pushing the notion that we are all Thomases until we see we will not belief. At this hour words are not enough.

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Rita Akana

27.Jan.2018

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