A convoy of three vehicles carrying soldiers from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday in Cameroon’s Far North region, local sources said. The soldiers were en route to Zamga to relieve their comrades, according to the sources.

The monitoring network Humanity Purpose, which tracks attacks in the region, reports that around ten soldiers were injured in the attack, with four in critical condition. Three soldiers are also reported missing. Images circulating on social media show three pickup trucks completely burned. A security source contacted by SBBC confirmed the attack but did not provide any casualty figures.

Other sources indicate that another ambush occurred on the Bame-Sandawaridji road, where a BIR soldier and the motorcycle driver he was with were killed.

Cameroon officially went to war against Boko Haram in 2014, aiming to stop incursions by Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria who seek to establish a transnational caliphate extending to Chad. The conflict has resulted in thousands of deaths and massive population displacements. The Cameroonian army, deployed along the border with Nigeria, has managed to curb Boko Haram’s incursions. However, despite being significantly weakened, Boko Haram continues to carry out deadly sporadic attacks on Cameroonian soil.

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The president of the Ambazonia Interim Government Sisiku Ayuk Tabe is now the only sitting Southern Cameroons leader to celebrate his birthday in a French Cameroun jail breaking the record previously held by Albert Mukong.

President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, who is still being held at the Kondengui Maximum Security Prison in Yaoundé, received a swell of birthday wishes from thousands of exiled Southern Cameroonians and supporters of the Ambazonia Interim Government in the diaspora across social media.

On Twitter, the Ambazonia leader reacted and said “I am deeply touched by the outpouring of warm wishes on my birthday from some dedicated Ambazonian comrades. Your thoughtful messages are not just words but a reminder of our collective resolve for our cause. I am grateful for your unwavering support. Together, we forge ahead!”

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

There is news coming out of the Unity Palace in Yaoundé and it is not good for Mr. Biya’s family, though it could be good news to most Cameroonians who hold that Mr. Biya has overstayed his welcome at the Unity Palace.

President Paul Biya, is in bad shape and his family and close associates are very concerned. A dying Biya is not good news to his collaborators who are taking advantage of the chaos which has become the country’s hallmark to line their pockets.

The 91-year-old Biya has not been enjoying life as his numerous diseases are rearing their ugly head to rob him of his happiness.

Mr. Biya was expected to leave for China over the weekend to attend the China-Africa Summit but could not make it due to health issues.

Though the procedures for his departure had been rolled out with security forces deployed in the paths he uses when traveling out of the country, Mr. Biya started feeling really bad a few hours to his trip, causing the entire protocol mechanism to scrap.

Speaking to Cameroon Concord News on Sunday, a source at the Unity Palace said Mr. Biya’s health was declining on a daily basis, adding that his current situation was a major concern to his family.

“Mr. Biya’s family is concerned about his health. Despite all the health precautions being taken, the strongman’s health is failing him and it seems to have taken a turn for the worse,” the source said.

“He was supposed to have travelled to China for the 2024 China-Africa Summit, but the trip was cancelled at the last minute when the 91-year-old Biya could not even stand. All the security and protocol arrangements that were in place in Yaoundé were cancelled, prompting many to question if the country’s president was indeed in good health,” the source added.

“We are all concerned. The country is in a very bad shape and there is no clear succession plan and Mr. Biya himself is still very excited to run again in 2025. Power is a real drug. It has gotten into Mr. Biya’s head and he sees himself as the only person who can rule the country,” the source added.

“I wish he could disabuse his mind of such falsehood. Cemeteries around the world are full of people who once thought that they were indispensable. At almost 92, Mr. Biya should have understood that he is hurting himself and the country by sticking to power,” the source pointed out.

“Many people around the head of state are taking advantage of his poor health and age to feather their nests. They know their days in power are numbered. They understand that without a clear succession plan in Cameroon, the country could be plunged into chaos once Biya dies,” the source regretted.

“Many of our ministers and directors do not have their children in Cameroon. Their families are in Canada and the United States, while they are robbing Cameroon blind. They are aware of the impending chaos and they do not want their families to be caught up in any mess they have helped to create,” our source concluded.

Our source is keeping a close eye on the situation and he has his ears to the ground.

Cameroon Concord News will continue to update you as more news comes in.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

Mbi Oruh is one of those corrupt CPDM imposed traditional rulers that shamelessly usurped the chieftaincy thrones of villages, against the wishes of their ancestors and kingmakers, with the sole purpose of promoting and abetting their interests and that of President Biya’s repugnant hegemony.

Cameroon Concord Group had earlier highlighted how after his enthronement as the chief of Mkpot village in Manyu Division, Mbi Oruh on April 2007, confessed to Elvis Tah, a reporter with the Postnewsline, that he was not the right person for the throne and therefore not qualified to be the legitimate chief of Mkpot.

Upon retirement from the position of Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Industries, Mines, and Technological Development, the immediate plan for this self-styled engineer with questionable academic credentials and persona, void of any iota of requisite genuine leadership qualities and ethics of care for his countrymen, was to focus on growing his personal wealth. He resorted to exploitation and extortion from poor and highly vulnerable villagers through various forms of agricultural land grapping and Machiavellian tactics at the expense of the livelihood security, social cohesion and overall growth and development of his village.

1n 2013, the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) in partnership with the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (UNFAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded a project that aimed to establish and equip four medium-scale palm oil processing centers in Cameroon and one center in the Federal Republic of Nigeria with new technologies that enhance the production capacities of various village groups and cooperatives to 2 tons per hour. Mkpot village in Manyu Division was chosen to be one of the beneficiaries and designated centers for this multimillion dollar palm oil processing optimization and sustainable rural development projects.

Other designated centers that supposedly benefited from the project include Teze/Ngie (Cameroon), Sombo (Cameroon) and Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria). The project with great objectives of improving the management, production and marketing of palm oil as well as engendering the livelihoods and rural economies/development in Mkpot and neighbouring villages carrying out palm oil farming, such as, Ebam, Bakwelle, Afap, Etemetek became Chief Oruh Michael’s piggy bank.

The people of Mkpot have been paying huge amounts of money to this CPDM criminal in order to process their palm oil at a substandard facility representing an oil mill, which he horribly constructed after stealing most of the funds that were meant for the project. Since Mbi Oruh’s palm plantation could not produce enough nuts to meet the production capacity of the mill, he resorted to manipulating poor and desperate famers to sell their farms to him at give-away prices. We of the Cameroon Concord Group are of the opinion that this is shameful, disgusting, disgraceful and so absurd to come from a traditional ruler who is supposed to empower his people and be the custodian of their livelihoods, survival and well-being.

My sources in Manyu hinted that Mbi Oruh used part of the stolen money to invest in real estate in Yaoundé, Buea and Limbe, which today, are his ill-gotten point of pride though living in Yaoundé as an internally displaced chief. 

A senior Mkpot citizen residing in Germany told this reporter that some concerned elders are digging deeper and engaging appropriate local and international stakeholders and they will not relent until Mbi Oruh is held accountable for misappropriating rural development funds. 

Mbi Oruh is the chief facilitator of summary executions and extrajudicial killings of his subjects and fellow countrymen. We of the Concord Group are reaffirming that Mbi Oruh orchestrated the killings of Mr Orock Thomas Enow, Mr Tambe John Ojongmbang, Mr. Ako Benedict Ako, Mr. Bate Joseph aka Best Joe, Mr Ayuk Peter Nayongoh, Mr Awa Armstrong, Mr Besong Valderama Takor and Manyor Ntui by the Francophone dominated Cameroon government military.

Mbi Oruh Michael carries with him Chief Moja Moja’s shadow in Mkpot. Consequently, he should be in SED for the heinous crimes he committed against civilians in his village.

He is to us in the Concord Group an internally displaced WhatsApp Chief who has now embarked on a new fraudulent scheme of luring Mkpot diaspora to pay millions of Francs CFA supposedly meant for Mkpot development projects into his personal bank account to sustain his lavish lifestyle in Yaoundé.

These days, the Saddam Hussein of Mkpot has not only resorted to fraudulent schemes but has also adopted bullying and quarrelling on all Mkpot whatsApp forums as a policy geared towards suppressing his people.

We think he should step down as the traditional ruler of Mkpot. Chief Mbi Oruh, now we know it’s true, so please go

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai