A man was violently killed in Bamenda the chief city in the Northern Zone of Southern Cameroons as fresh fighting erupted between French Cameroun government forces and Ambazonian Restoration fighters on Friday December 28.

The body of the French Cameroun service man killed during sporadic exchange of fire was abandoned on the road as residents escaped the scene for safety. A Southern Cameroons civilian was seriously injured.

We gathered that business men and women operating around the Azire New Church were forced to flee. The fighting reportedly affected the Food Market area including the Hospital Roundabout.

In Yaoundé, the government is losing its grip on power. Scandals are destroying the crime syndicate that has ruled the country for 36 years. CAF’s withdrawal of the right to host the 2019 African Nations Cup has opened a can of worms that might sweep an entire government out of power.

The country’s ministers are accusing each other for the collapse of the plan put in place to hoodwink the world into believing that things are working out well in Cameroon.  The population is devastated while the government is trying to put on a brave face.

It never rains, but it pours. After CAF, there was more embarrassment for the criminal enterprise made in the mold of the Sicilian Mafia.  The World Bank recently released a report indicting the country’s government of corruption, overspending and misappropriation of funds.

This has left many government officials scrambling for solutions, as the country’s president, Paul Biya, also known as the “monarch” keeps an ominous silence which is destroying many of his ministers who fear they could be arrested anytime or kicked out of government.

The regime has never been this weak. Those who have been propping the government are gradually showing signs of fatigue. Years of lying and defrauding the state are clearly taking a toll on the health of these key actors.

The economy is crumbling; the population has lost hope in the country. The government’s mismanagement of the country and its determination to hang on to power despite losing many elections has pushed the population into the worst form of despair.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The MAC wishes to inform the community that as a result of the repeated reported kidnappings and demand for ransom in Mamfe, especially and surrounding areas, your Manyu Ghost Warriors have in the past few days arrested two kidnappers.

They were taken into custody by your self-defense forces and upon interrogation, they were found to be local boys and not a stranger from any other area of Southern Cameroons. The interrogation was on conducted camera to ensure fairness, transparency and accuracy. After interrogation, one of victims was also identified and invited to confirm the identity the kidnapper, retrieve their assets and also received a fully apology from the kidnapper. As a result of their cooperation, this kidnapper was only severely punished and then released to the custody of his parent who were also warned about the behavior of their son. The second kidnapper escaped and is currently on the run after an initial interrogation.

As a result, MAC-Self Defense Council has now decided to establish an undercover unit of Manyu Ghost Warriors dedicated solely to tackling these thieves, kidnappers and armed robbers in a fairly no-nonsense and robust manner.

MAC therefore writes to inform everybody that kidnapping and demand for ransom is unacceptable anywhere in Manyu Region and anybody caught shall be severely punished.

MAC also informs the community to be vigilant and report any kidnapping or demand for ransom to MAC. The Ghost warrior visits shall be in the random, robust and effective and do not become the next arrested kidnapper as the consequences shall be more severe. Please do inform all relations to exercise restraint especially those young boys who neither fighters but whose education has been severely disrupted to refrain such criminal activities.

God Bless Manyu or MidWest Region.

Sincerely,The Manyu Advisory Council

A video that was leaked out on social media showed former Minister of Water and Energy, Basile Atangana Kouna celebrating his birthday in his luxurious cell at the Yaounde central prison.

It is not clear when the amateur video was shot but it emerged on December 24 showing the jailed minister alongside his wife, son and other family members.

The luxurious nature of his prison cell has caused outrage on social media with many questioning the reasons of keeping people in luxurious cells without recovering money they are being accused of embezzling.

Basile Atangana Kouna has been behind bars for the past nine months after he was arrested in Nigeria on March 22 and flown back to Cameroon as he attempted to escape following his dismissal from the government on the 2^nd of March.

Culled from Journal Du Cameroun

The Southern Cameroons Homeland Security Chief, Bishop John Egyawan has vowed that Ambazonia restoration forces will never give up their arms as called for by the 85 year French Cameroun leader Paul Biya.

“No government in French Cameroun will force our Southern Cameroons fighters to drop their weapons, force them to surrender their arms, as long as Ambazonians believe in this resistance,” noted John Egyawan who also claimed French Cameroun is losing in the fighting.

Bishop Egyawan also added that, “The Southern Cameroons Interim Government does not wish that restoration forces should keep their weapons forever because they too should be preparing to be part of Southern Cameroons domestic life.”

Speaking exclusively to Cameroon Intelligence Report on Christmas Day, the Southern Cameroons Homeland Security boss assured Ambazonians that, “Those who say the revolution is weak, I want to say it’s stronger than ever. We are preparing for a long war and strengthening our capability,” he said.

John Egyawan further explained that the resistance has been able to regroup and rearm and will of course regain its capability. He called for unity among all Southern Cameroonians saying that Southern Cameroons towns and villages have been completely destroyed by French Cameroun government soldiers and more than 4000 Southern Cameroonians have been killed in order to frighten and intimidate Ambazonians but Southern Cameroonians are the most brave and most courageous people in the Sub Saharan region.

“Peace be with you during this Christmas season and with your martyrs and with your families. Your Interim Government feels your pain, and we salute your tears and your blood and your destroyed homes, and we salute your will and your determination,” Bishop Egyawan said.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

An attack by suspected Cameroon separatists left one person dead and several wounded in the latest bout of unrest in the country’s Northwest, a local official said.

The attack, which also saw several houses set ablaze, came in the early hours at Bangourain, a town in a French-speaking region bordering the anglophone area in the country’s western highlands.

The official said it was not clear how many people had been hurt or how many properties had been torched as “we are still piecing together a toll.”

Unprecedented violence has marred the past year in Cameroon’s two mainly anglophone provinces, spilling over into French-speaking regions as English speakers rail against “marginalization.”

Cameroon’s newly-reelected 85-year-old President Paul Biya vowed last month to ramp up decentralization to address “frustrations and aspirations” in English-speaking regions after winning a seventh term in office.

That was the first time in 13 months of pro-independence violence that Biya had clearly acknowledged the struggles of those living in anglophone areas.

But although Biya has earlier this month dropped charges against 289 people detained for violence, he firmly ruled out secession for the English-speaking regions, home to around a fifth of Cameroon’s 22 million people.

The unrest has left more than 500 civilians and more than 200 security forces personnel dead according to the International Crisis Group, while displacing almost 450,000 more.

Source: VOA

Acting President Ikome Sako of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia says the French Cameroun regime has failed to achieve any goals from its more than 2 years military campaign on conflict-ridden Southern Cameroons.

“We have effectively denied our adversaries the military victory they promised their western Masters! We have convinced all that Biya cannot retain Ambazonia by use of force any more. Hence the new solution: “Dialogue without precondition”.  President Sako noted recently in the US.

The Ambazonian Acting President further pointed out that the French Cameroun assaults on Batibo, Nkambe, Bali, Kembong and Ekok were meant to break the will of the Southern Cameroons nation and restoration forces, but instead increased their resilience and steadfastness.

Dr Ikome Sako noted that “From UN to USA, From Uk Parliament to Germany’s Bundestag, From the Scandinavia to Switzerland, the ultimatums are raining on Biya. Those who love this revolution should actively shame all demagogies against the IG and fearlessly defend it against destructive lies.”

He stated that Biya and his gang of inexperienced French Cameroun political elites rushed to launch a military campaign against Southern Cameroonians because they knew their claims of a one and indivisible Cameroon was plain fiction and groundless.

The Ambazonian Interim Government has slammed the numerous French Cameroun attacks on Southern Cameroons as a flagrant violation of Southern Cameroons’s sovereignty. “The war that Biya and his Francophone army are waging against Southern Cameroons, against its people and the Ambazonian restoration forces will not realize its goals” Dr Sako added.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai