ACT in Southern Cameroons, Ambazonia Consultation

The SCAC is an internationally mentored and supported effort by various Ambazonian Independentist entities to coalesce the plethora of conference initiatives into one logical inclusive conference of Ambazonians.

Unlike the SCPC the conference that should accrue from the SCAC will be one for independentist entities by design.

ACT entities believe in Ambazonian independence and would concentrate on coalescing Ambazonian groups. At the very least SCAC will boast transparency in being upfront about the Ambazonian Coalition’s unity on the common purpose -independence.

Given that La République du Cameroun still needs to be convinced to come to the table Ambazonia News believes that any Ambazonia-side concessions such as might be interpreted from the vague phrase “peace and justice” plays straight into La République du Cameroun’s game plan of offering a “special status” and waiting to continue the assimilation attempt, to which their President confessed. Ambazonians should rely on the righteousness of their cause and ignore what is not even a promise of a negotiation but the trick of dangling the threat of “missing the opportunity to negotiate” – with a party which has chickened out of two negotiation opportunities! They have disowned the Swiss Process with a flimsy excuse that the old dictator had managed to hold off international sanctions by semi-engaging in the process. They then provided the counter-argument themselves by attending the Canada pre-talks before, again disowning them in a more desperately clumsy way by having a public spat with the head of Global Affairs Canada! In spite of the diplomatic faux pas sources close to the pre-talks have not definitively given up on the the idea of an eventual Canadian mediation, hence, for instance the previous play on the idea of “preparing for a referendum” by some Southern Cameroons entities – as distinct from Ambazonian Independentists, who while accepting the idea of a referendum, see it as a remote future prospect to come only after the [Ambazonian Independentists] have “dragged La République du Cameroun to the negotiation table”.

At Ambazonia News we believe that the threat Ambazonia faces is that of letting our Liberation Struggle lose momentum and collapse while we foolishly fall for the trick of being secluded in a talking shop to the exclusion of what progressed Ambazonia this far – a hostile environment for La République and her allies of the fifth column or foreign interests on our land.

Ambazonia News encourages all Ambazonians to join the Consultation to ensure our future is based on their voices.

Read the details of the SCAC from the working group.

Join the survey and make the consultation work by registering your support and your views.

Look at the consultation schedule here

ACT -Team Ambazonia

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Ambazonia Coalition Team is a gathering of many Ambazonian Independentist entities who first coalesced in the run-up to the “Swiss Process”. They were “approached” as representative body of Ambazonian entities to talk with when the heat persuaded La République du Cameroun to dip her toe in a potential negotiation process. ACT was the Ambazonian side in the Swiss Process, gaining valuable experience and diplomatic contacts; and again took part in the Canada Pre-talks

Ambazonia News is profiling ACT in  sequence intended to publicize its existence, objectives, membership and its potential role in the Ambazonian Liberation Struggle.

Ambazonia News will be open to, indeed relying on, the experience of founder members and functionaries of ACT. If any of you, members of ACT, are contacted please be generous with your time and experience as Ambazonia needs you! Even if you are not explicitly contacted, Ambazonia News would welcome any clarifications and details that you wish to submit in comments.

The founding groups in ACT included APLM, SCADEF, MoRISC, IG, SCNC, SCARM, RoAN, SCAPO, ARF… all committed independentists. There are also a several independent individual members including residents of G0 and G1.

ACT is a very useful open channel to all the member groups and exactly the group which has fostered a unity of purpose without announcing it. This happened naturally for despite the fallacy of lack of unity, the Coalition carries out regular weekly meetings which ensure ideas are exchanged efficiently and productively. ACT has even on occasion brought together all the major Ambazonian entities in its fireside chats.

When La République du Cameroun’s aims in both the Swiss Process and Canada facilitated Pre-talks are considered it can only be said that ACT won both rounds. In each case La République du Cameroun played for time hoping that the Ambazonian Liberation Struggle would slow down, then making the plea to the facilitators that they wished to deal on the basis of an internal crisis, hence through the failed national dialogue, both times thanks to the vastly undervalued ACT setup, Ambazonian resolve held firm on the objective of independence.

Other independentist entities are always welcome to join ACT where the experience exists if dealing with the two mentioned international partners as well as others, well apart from Swiss and Canada.

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The text of the Presidential Executive Order for ARF+

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As promised the text of the PEO is now available to download for reference.

For a long time the IG has applied the Building-Bridges Protocol to support all restoration forces in G0 without requiring any acknowledgement from any of them. The only requirement had been, in the obvious case of ground forces, that they have proven and provable records of fighting the enemy.

The current PEO formalizes and recognizes this process by designating qualified forces as ARF+. They will not need to announce or show any outward signs than their integrity and professionalism in discharging their noble tasks with reliance on the blessings of our ancestors.

They, ARF+, shall rely on our people in their own Building-Bridges attitudes, humbly protecting our people with the same humility and selfless daring that will ensure dignity and self-esteem for our nation.

They, ARF+, shall instil pride and be the pride of our nation by holding the line on integrity, dignity and self-respect that will allow our people to finalize the decolonisation. They shall not intimidate or disrespect our people in any way reminiscent of the colonial functionaries and occupiers. Instead through their actions and comportment they shall inspire our people, their ultimate only reward being the satisfaction of seeing the smiles on the faces of our people as ARF+ shall only be daring and discrete.

They, ARF+, shall not tolerate any indignities inflicted on our people from any authors. They shall be rewarded ultimately with seeing our children be like the stars above.

ARF+ shall prevail as Ambazonia shall prevail. The Most High God is the Watchman of Ambazonia.

The PEO text is available here, as it is on the government repository.

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SCPC: Security for G0 attendees?

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Ambazonia News continues the sequence on the Southern Cameroons People’s Conference by looking at the issue of security for G0 attendees. Earlier during the build up in the era of the Southern Cameroons Stakeholder Platform several venues were considered with an eye on security and in view of the fate of the Nera 10, the core of the IG who were abducted and illegally rendered from Nigeria. At the time Ghana was suggested as a safer location.

There seemed to be a focus on the immediate danger of being abducted then, and now, moving the venue to Canada would appear to be on a similar narrow basis.  What Ambazonia News would like the organising committee to consider is what happens when any G0 participants return to occupied Ambazonia.  Can they attend and return to Ambazonia without consequences, quite apart from the costs?

Mention must be made of Abdul Karim Ali who is now in arbitrary detention merely for being part of Ambazonian Collaboration Team. He is entering his second year and there has not been an outcry from the international community, whose approval is presumably being sought through the demonstration of “unity of purpose”, towards which, the SCPC is geared. Just to be clear, the danger for any credible independentist participants from ground zero would not be abduction but that they could be rounded up at LRC’s convenience hence it would be somewhat callous, if not reckless, of Conference to simply assume

SCPC also promises a seat for representatives of Ambazonian prisoners. Ambazonia News would be wary of exposing them to reprisals especially while they are captives of LRC.

Ambazonia will prevail. Whatever comes from the SCPC, should not significantly affect the fact of Ambazonian Independence.

The Most High God is our Watchman and our faith will see us through .

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SCPC – What is the common purpose if not independence?

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Since Ambazonia News reported the SCPC raised the five initial questions for the groups on the list of participants, two of the signatories of the AAC2023 letter have made it clear they are not in with the current SCPC’s use of that document in the present context. They particularly object and are uneasy about the role of the NGO which is believed to be behind the organisation of the SCPC but seems to keep their name out, and have previously claimed to be neutral, in the Ambazonian Liberation Struggle, at the same time as letting it be said that they are Ambazonian!

In this post Ambazonia News explores the second question which is about the absence of the word “independence” from the SCPC publicity materials on the website. Coincidentally that raises questions about the “neutral” posture mentioned in the last paragraph. In any case Ambazonia News believes the tone and content of the SCPC should belong to the entire organising committee and therefore it is up to them to ensure the publicity material and information all meet their needs.

Common sense would have it that any entities embarking on “creating and demonstrating unity of purpose” in the Ambazonian Liberation Struggle could safely assume that every entity would be for independence. Indeed it would not be an assumption as that was the main established stance in Canada. It, therefore, seems odd that the SCPC is making a concession on Ambazonian aspirations well before La République du Cameroun even enters the scene. Of course it cannot be excluded that this is just an oversight but that would be a big one. Ambazonia News expects that most participating movements or entities would pick up on such details as they tend to build up and before they realise it they have signed up to a watered down project even before La République du Cameroun turns up, if they do!

It goes without saying that what they line up to, be it the publicity of the conference or any resolutions defines their positions for posterity so the organising committee must consider their integrity and ensure that if the conference holds, that it is value for Ambazonia. It would be tragic for any members to cobble together a compromise agenda even before the conference, never mind that the conference itself is several years from any possible negotiations with La République du Cameroun.

Ambazonians need to be confident in the righteousness of their cause and proud to display it openly. The international community does not own our rights and cannot “award” us what we are not confident enough to fund, fight and free our homeland to attain.

The Most High God remains the Watchman of our nation and will guide those taking part with clarity of thought and integrity.

Find Ambazonia News’ introductory comment on the SCPC here

Or Ambazonia News’ look at the opportunity cost of the conference here.

Your comments are welcome.

Ambazonia Focus – another desperate attempt to highlight “division”

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As one collaborator is laid to rest, La République du Cameroun has tried to milk the grief a poor family for all its worth in their vain attempt to steady a sinking ship. They have “honoured” the person who, in life, was subjected to frequent intimidation until he could be brought into their tent, with a post-humus decoration.

Yes someone somewhere must value trinkets from a corrupt incompetent patronage which no right thinking individual with any dignity or self-respect would approach without nose-clamps!

As if by magic, a video has surfaced to “prove” the division between “North West” and “South West”! Apparently there is “shock and consternation” that a certain long-time enabler auxiliary of La République “represented the position of the South West against the North West” in the “Grand Dialogue National” of La République du Cameroun. In the gathering of collaborators and enablers purporting to represent Southern Cameroons there was “disagreement” on Federation! This is such a vacuous idea it is tedious to even contemplate it!

  1. Their patron La République du Cameroun has sacrificed many of their poor citizens in a war which they declared partly to stop any mention of the word “federation”!
  2. Their dreaded paramilitary “judicial” SED is known to have summoned many a person to explain their utterance of the very word!
  3. If anyone has ever listened to their speeches, the single constant has been “the form of state is not up for discussion” – even if the collaborators/enablers had agreed it would have been void!
  4. Since the 1984 secession triggered by Mr Biya’s withdrawal of La République du Cameroun the from the already-dubious “United Republic of Cameroon” it became null and void to discuss anything Southern Cameroons in a context implying that La République du Cameroun had any jurisdiction over Southern Cameroons. HCB 28/92 made it clear that La République has no jurisdiction in Southern Cameroons so the collaborators’ quarrels in Yaounde would never be binding on Southern Cameroons especially as they were all chosen by the “illegal forceful Occupier” and not representatives or believers in Southern Cameroons. The Fifth Column purporting to represent Ambazonia!

Ambazonia News sees no merit in the “shocking video” other than a chance to restate the legal position and point out the aim of the revelation. This video needs to be ignored as the participants were not representing Ambazonia and their debates or arguments would not be binding. Mukete did not have a mandate from anyone in Southern Cameroons to represent the “South West” and should not have carried any voice in merely making a one-person statement. That single-person argument should then not have been assumed as the “voice” of the “South West”, much less Southern Cameroons, to the extent that they then “invented special status”. Never mind that the entire body of the meeting had no mandate in the first place!

This is an opportunity to point out the fake division orchestrated by La République du Cameroun in order to control our country through a patronage system where individuals with personal interests hold rallies and make speeches claiming that people who have lived together and in peace for all time are against each other. Southern Cameroons became West Cameroon and had several changes of government without any idea of North West nor South West! These demarcations were created and played on by La République du Cameroun and do not prevail in the Ambazonian Liberation Struggle.

Here is what to do about the “shocking evidence of the video”: read the evidence behind the “evidence” and then rejoice that our Liberation Struggle is going so well that such a convoluted and vacuous scenario is being dredged up to attempt to revive a non-existent division!

The Most High God is the Watchman of our Nation and is seeing us through.

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Ambazonia Dares…To win

IG President Marianta Njomia is inviting Ambazonia patriots to dare with her to oust La Republique du Cameroun from our territory.

Seven years is enough. Our cause is just and we must have the courage of our convictions to do what it takes to go over the line.  With the recent massacres in Ambazonia there is no argument about La Republique du Cameroun having crossed the Rubicon on numerous occasions.

While the IG is not conceding the force of argument, in true Ambazonian character, there must come a time when the argument of force imposes itself. That time is now.

But Ambazonia has great talent which can optimise our argument of force so that it is truly listened to in a way that the previously valid force of argument wasn’t.

Canadian “Talks”: What is the fuss?

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This is a “draft” post written in October 2022 in the early stages of the talk of talks-about-talks. It reflects the confusion of why Mr. Momo wrote his thesis on the Swiss Process having been a “clever ruse to diffuse the threat of sanctions” on the part of the wise Mr Biya… Little did Ambazonia News imagine the fate of the Canadian efforts! If only we had published it at the time!

After “cleverly playing the international community” it would appear Mr Biya was in a rush to engage in more “talk-washing”! The Swiss Process was a clever “play” to deflect pressure of sanctions from the “gullible” Canadians, Americans, Swiss, EU and many others. So what are the “Canadian Talks”?

La Republique du Cameroun committed a diplomatic fault be letting even the obscure Mr Momo pen his essay about duping the aforementioned international partners! The only fallout from that error was that the Ambazonians would be able to clearly tell those international partners that they could not trust any undertakings from La Republique du Cameroun … and maybe Mr Biya has now promised that if they take him into extra time, this time, “cross my heart and hope to die”, they can trust his word! Or he is being true to his genius gamesmanship and the Canadians are truly gullible!

What is on the agenda in Canada?

Nothing really! Canada, at least for now is not talks … and not even talks about talks! It could, maybe, be talks about talks about talks! The best it could be for Ambazonians is that they start to realise they need to get their act together through their own “in-house” channels of communication away from Canada. Of course the persistent danger for Ambazonians is that some invitees feel “flattered” enough and mistaken enough to assume that they are their to talk, or worse, that they can commit Ambazonia to any undertakings. They cannot and the Canadians should know that, but they [Canadians] are not “taking part” so it will be down to whoever is sitting for La Republique du Cameroun to try and turn up the flattery with the hope of at least causing some friction within the Ambazonian Liberation Movement. Fat chance! That time has passed! Ambazonia New’s view is that the interval between “rejecting” the Swiss Process and engaging the Canadian Process was suspicious in the extreme and may have been preceded by secret “flattery” of some players of the Liberation. Even so, the time when that would have mattered is gone and over!

Who is taking part?

Ambazonia News understands a wide-ish range of Ambazonian groups are taking part but that non of them think or believe they are going into “talks”. Of course, it goes without saying that the range of groups have varying degrees of “influence”. Apparently La Republique’s “people” will have the dubious blessing of the “Prime Minsiter, Head of Government” for what it is worth in La Republique du Cameroun! This understanding leads Ambazonia News to conjecture that “hopeful flattery” could well be the strategy. There once was a time when the PM could “wow” Diasporans… in those days. Any Ambazonia and other rational being, on gathering that the La Republique effort is being master-minded by “the PM” would be seriously dubious about the what game they are playing

At worst, or best, depending on which side, the Ambazonian party would say they are talking about talks and, for want of a better word, dying to know what La Republique du Cameroun is going to offer.

Ambazonia News is fascinated to see what does come out of the meeting.

What should Ambazonians at large do?

Keep calm and continue with their efforts to liberate the homeland. The “Canadian Talks” will not yield any impact on that process. Those of us who are not having to hold our noses to listen to La Republique du Cameroun’s party should count ourselves lucky and be assured and grateful that the days when flattery could turn some heads are truly gone. Certainly any heads turned would not have much leverage over the destiny of Ambazonia from these “not” Talks.

Those at the talks should make it abundantly clear, as if that were needed, that independence is not up for negotiation as there has never been a union, nor any need for one. Our mistakes have been made and we demand to learn from them and move on.