Southern Cameroons

March 2023 Observatory:

1. Kidnapping for Ransom currently UP in Nkwen Bamenda by 500% Compared to last Quarter!

2. Areas affected include Rural communities in Nkwen up by 1500% comparative. Kidnappings pointing towards Saparatists was observed to be down in the 1st two months of 2023.

3. OBSERVATORY indicated lesser Women were actually taken away.

4. The Observatory indicated that several women paid Ransome as an alternative to Avoid Kidnap in the course as victims in their peasant Farms in Rural Nkwen communities of Membu, etc.

5. Heavy Cameroon state military  was positively observed in Urban streets of Nkwen in March 2023.

6. An Indigenous Nkwen Widowed Woman  reported and Observed to have continuously lived in her same Home at Mbelewa quarter Nkwen Bamenda III since she was born in 1960 appears Homeless after what looks like Forced Eviction  with the aid of Cameroon state Security on the 14th of March 2023. The widow and her property appears to have been forcefully transported Against her Will in a Military escort to a completely different part of the town and dumped on open street out of her neighborhood rendering her helpless and homeless!

Expert Advise:

1. We Urge all Stakeholders of the Anglophone Cameroon Violent Arm Conflict to Seek Urgent means to contact the #canada government to seek viable means to end the current over 6 years conflict.

2. We Urge the Divisional Officer of Bamenda III to demonstrate his Authority by Reviewing the Homeless Situation of the Woman at Mbelewa quarter Nkwen and Provide her Urgent Emergency Support as she is observed to be currently Destitute.

3. We Urge Saparatists Authorities to crosscheck their operatives to Allow Safe passage for Indigenous Peoples of Anglophone Cameroon to Access their Farms for Cultivation as failing which would lead to Mass Destitution, Famine and Hunger in the already precarious situation especially in Nkwen Bamenda communities.
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Nforngang Jude
Legal Advisor and Mediator
Peace House CIG

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Nforngang Jude

26.Mar.2023

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Conventionally, the Anglophone Problem in Cameroon is perceived as that of a language crisis. The Anglophone Problem is usually described as the emergence of an Anglophone consciousness derived from the feeling of being " marginalized " , " exploited " and assimilated by the francophone-dominated state. In this context, a language crisis is understood as the forceful imposition of a language, on a group of people against their will (Hebert 2004) which is not the situation in Cameroon.

However, my position is that this conflict goes way beyond that of a language crisis. This paper elaborates on the dynamics of this conflict by trying to examine other factors that place this conflict beyond being a mere conflict of language. It is argued in this paper that in addition to and more than a language crisis, the Anglophone problem has been accelerated by such factors as communal stratification, transition from a federal system to a unitary system, violation of constitutional provisions on judicial appointments and the fear of assimilation through education. Communal stratification refers to the political and economic inferior positions as well as under-representation in the Anglophone Community.

Transition from a federal state to a unitary state resulted in the loss of autonomy of the Anglophone Community which generated the feeling of being " second class " citizens in the unitary state. The violations of constitutional provisions on judicial appointments, through the imposition of the civil law administrators in Anglophone common law courts is destroying the Anglophone judicial system and finally the fear of assimilation through education derived from the recruitment of " French-oriented " teachers into Anglophone schools are all aspects that aggravates this conflict. This paper will employ statistical data and secondary sources to study the perception of the Anglophone Community and show how this accelerates the Anglophone Problem in Cameroon.

Nancy N . Achu

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Ayuk Divine

26.Mar.2023

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How long will the CPDM government remain in silence in the face of bestial and nefarious atrocities occurring sporadically in the North West and South West regions that have taken the lives of over 6,000 compatriots?

On March 15, there were reports of the inhuman, demonic, brutish and fiendish burial, alive, of Agbormbouh Prizo, the Chairman of Presbyterian Church in Nchang village of Mamfe Central Subdivision in the South West Region.

Credible media reports pointed out that he was kidnapped, allegedly by separatist fighters, on March 15, with two other persons.

The two others were released the following day while the chairman remained detained by the separatist fighters, who were demanding a ransom of 100,000 FCFA.

The reports noted that security forces clashed with separatist fighters a day before their abduction. At least three separatist fighters are said to have died in the clash.

“While they were working together on a farm, the topic of discussion sprouted about the military-Amba clash,” a source explained, adding that, “Agbormbouh is reported to have expressed the wish for security forces to restore order in the community”.

He is also quoted to have said "the way the Amba fighters are terrorising us within this period, I would have been happy if, during that confrontation, all of them were killed”.

It would appears the Amba boys lurking in the bushes overheard his wish to have them neutralised. He was then kidnapped, “his mouth was tied up to prevent him from talking. They took him to another location where they buried him alive” a source stated.

Just when the civilised world was still in grieve and lamentation over man's inhumanity to man, there were other reports that Cameroonian scholar, Dr Chiabi Emmanuel, was, in the night of Wednesday March 15, shot by gunmen in Bamenda, Mezam Division of the North West Region.

Family sources said the revered historian was shot just as he entered the gate of his residence at New Road in Nkwen, Bamenda III Subdivision, during the evening hours of the fateful day.

The Guardian Post gathered that Dr Chiabi had just returned home after he went out in search of cooking gas. The gunshot that left the academic struggling in a pool of his own blood, drew the attention of his family members and people in the neighbourhood.

He was rushed to a health facility in Nkwen, Bamenda, but later gave up the ghost after losing too much blood. A video of the scene of the heinous crime, which surfaced on social media a day after the academic was shot, showed a bullet shell and stains of the blood.

Dr Chiabi, a Fulbright Scholar, had lectured at the University of Yaounde I and later took up residence in the United State of America. The historian was pioneer president of Afo-a-Kom USA, a cultural and development association grouping Kom sons and daughters, from Boyo Division in the North West Region, resident in the USA.

The association’s current president, Promise Kimeng Yong, in a condolence message, described the late Dr Chiabi as a “baobab that has fallen”.

Human rights advocate, Barrister Felix Nkongho Agbor Balla, in a message published on Friday, condemned the killing, describing it as despicable and unacceptable.

Anti-corruption crusader, lawyer and politician, Barrister Akere Muna, tweeted: “Grief stricken this morning by the brutal murder of Prof Chiabi in Bamenda. A fine gentlemen and pristine academic. I care less about what you are fighting for or even who you claim to be protecting. You do not respect human life? You are nothing but a terrorist”.

Akere implied that Amba Boys, who have so far not claimed responsibility, were the prime suspects.

The two killings are coming after three explosions rocked the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope and injured some 19 and at least one later died in hospital.



There are several other hellish atrocities being committed in the two English-speaking regions that the media radar has not identified. But the high profile cases of burying alive, shooting innocent people as loutish and vile as they have been, have not gnawed on the conscience of the CPDM government and in particular the "elected" officials such as senators, parliamentarians, mayors and councillors of the regions who claim to "represent" their constituents.

How can they pretend to represent their people by remaining in a stone silence of acquiescence when such brutality occurs in their regions? How does a government, whose primordial responsibility should be to protect the lives and properties of its citizens, be so indifferent when innocent people are being buried alive?

Do those who govern, be they elected or appointed, with the purpose to hold sway for good purposes, not feel ashamed in the face of international community that in the android generation prehistoric barbarism of burying people alive, not by accident but as jungle justice, is still practiced in Cameroon, yet no official statement of condemnation is made? The Guardian Post can only pray God should save Cameroon.

The Gaurdian Newspaper

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Ayuk Divine

26.Mar.2023

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Ayuk Divine

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