The Cameroon government spokesman and Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary has reacted to the invasion of Kembong village by militants loyal to the Southern Cameroons struggle and reportedly confirmed that 4 gendarmerie officers lost their lives.

Report had it that Ambazonian militia stormed the gendarme post in Kembong village in Eyumojock Sub Division and were resisted by some troops deployed from Mamfe the chief town in Manyu Division.

The regime in Yaoundé had first dismissed the news as fictitious when it was reported by Cameroon Concord News. The Francophone dominated armed forces failed to track down the assailants and fired shots indiscriminately.

Cameroon Concord News can now reveal that 6 Cameroonian soldiers  were killed, 6 riffles  were seized by the Southern Cameroons militants and a pickup  4×4 hilux  truck was damaged along  the Mfuni road that  left  some of the passengers  seriously  wounded.

The people of Kembong suffered casualties with the most pathetic being the burning down of the home of the late UNDP parliamentarian Chief Alfred Besong by government soldiers. The Cameroon government troops also set fire on the only hotel in kembong including five other buildings.  A new brand Siena car was destroyed and a civilian shot on the leg.   The villagers have all escaped to the forest and kembong is now a ghost village.

By Judith Fon in Kembong

Militants seeking independence for Cameroon’s English-speaking regions killed four gendarmes on Monday, the government said, as disputes with the Francophone-dominated government degenerate into open warfare.

Several separatists were killed by security forces in ensuing clashes, the government spokesman said.

Repression by President Paul Biya’s government against what began as peaceful protests a year ago by Anglophone activists over perceived social and economic marginalization has bolstered support for armed militants demanding a full break with Yaounde.

The separatists have launched a series of deadly raids on government police and soldiers in recent weeks, leading authorities to escalate a crackdown that has killed dozens of civilians.

Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroon’s government spokesman, said the separatists had killed four gendarmes earlier Monday in the village of Kembong in Southwest region’s Manyu Division.

“The assailants, ensnared by the measures put in place by our defense and security forces, are now reduced to sporadic attacks carried out by hidden faces and using perfidy,” Tchiroma said.

A representative for the separatists could not be immediately reached for comment.

Manyu, with its dense equatorial forests along the Nigerian border, has become the center of the insurgency from which the separatists have launched a series of attacks on security forces in villages.

FILE – A still image taken from a video shot Oct. 1, 2017, shows protesters waving Ambazonian flags in front of road block in the English-speaking city of Bamenda, Cameroon.

The violence there has fueled a mounting refugee crisis. At least 7,500 people have crossed into Nigeria since Oct. 1, when the secessionists declared an independent state called Ambazonia, and the U.N. refugee agency says it is bracing itself for as many as 40,000.

Cameroon’s linguistic divide harks back to the end of World War I, when the German colony of Kamerun was carved up between allied French and British victors.

The English-speaking regions joined the French-speaking Republic of Cameroon the year after its independence in 1960. French speakers have dominated the country’s politics since.

Tensions have long simmered but the recent violence is the most serious to date and has emerged as a threat to Biya’s 35-year rule. The 84-year-old is expected to seek a new term in an election next year.

Source: VOA

Women and children have disappeared in large numbers as the entire Dadi village was wiped out by the Francophone dominated Cameroon government armed forces. It was a larger scale campaign that involved three military helicopters and three task forces that swept into the village of Dadi immediately after President Biya declared war on the Anglophone communities in Cameroon.

Our military informant said that a French- supplied Hawker Hunter aircraft was used to drop grenades sending up large clouds of white smoke. No life   is exiting  in Dadi   village  in Akwaya  Sub division widely believe  to the stronghold  of the ADF force  as revealed in  a video  broadcast on social  media by the ADF leader, Cho Ayaba.

We can now reveal that it was an extermination campaign on one of the most thickly populated Boki villages in Manyu Division and those who attempted to escape were shot from helicopters. “Dead bodies can be seen everywhere” noted our source.

An aide to the Manyu army commander who spoke to our undercover reporter said that some of villagers suspected of having prepared the bullet proof charm were captured and transported via helicopter to the army camp in Besongabang and ferried by car to a Gerdarmarie brigade in Mamfe. Since then, they have never been heard again.

By Judith Fon

Cameroon Concord News has been informed of a major attack in Kembong village in Eyumojock Sub Division. Our source say unknown gunmen men believe to be serving with the Ambazonia Defense Force reportedly staged an operation in the densely populated village killing  4 Cameroon government soldiers.

Our Mamfe correspondent has not been able to establish the correctness of this developing story. What we do know is that there was an attack on the Ebinsi check point that was repealed by government forces.

Gun shots were also heard throughout the night in Ayukaba village. At the time of filing this report, trucks loaded with military personnel were heading to Kembong from Mamfe.  Our cream of reporters headed by Judith Fon is keeping a watchful eye on the happenings in Eyumojock and we will keep you posted as we get the news.

Mamfe the chief town in Manyu division has witnessed sporadic fighting between unknown gunmen believe to be members of the Ambazonian Defense Force and the Cameroonian army.  Over the past week, several events have unfolded that has caused panic and generated a massive exodus from the area.

Tuesday 12th of December 4.3am:   Fire ravaged the Mamfe Main Market and 16 stores were completely damage.  The cause of the fire has not been established though the trader’s union is blaming the use of poor quality cables during the electrification process of the market. More than 20 businessmen and women have been rendered bankrupt loosing an estimated sum of approximately 50millions owing to the fact that most of them had stock their shops for the festive period. Cameroon Concord News understands the destruction should have been minimized if drivers were allowed to circulate early in the mornings by the military.

Thursday the 14^th of December 8.30: Unidentified gunmen attacked Cameroon soldiers on patrol. There was heavy exchange of artillery fire that claimed the lives of 7 civilians including 2 Malians and a Nigerian. The foreigners were killed at Tanjong Street far from the place of confrontation. The foreign nationals had gone to eat in a restaurant in Tanjong Street where they were reportedly shot by troops parading in pickup truck. The soldiers refused to identify the others and the 7 victims were buried in a mass grave behind the old council building.

Sunday the 17 of December 11 am: A majority of the Mamfe inhabitants have now yielded to the Senior Division Officer’s press release that urged them to   relocate to safer zones.  The people of Egbekaw have all moved out of their homeland. Manyus have moved to different towns and cities in Southern Cameroons. Bike riders have all left and the streets of Mamfe are empty. Consequently, schools have all been force to shut down.

The army launched a 3-day-attack on the Mamfe business community dealing in petrol commonly referred to as funge. A petrol dealer hinted Cameroon Concord News that fuel worth 30 million FCFA was destroyed.

By Judith Fon in Mamfe

Colonel Didier Badjeck, head of the communications department in the Ministry of Defense has said that the Cameroon army is winning the war in Southern Cameroons. The Cameroon military spokesman also added that the fighting on the ground is going in favour of the defense and security forces.

Didier Badjeck pointed out that on the 14^th of December 2017; the Cameroon army routed a gang of Ambazonian militants who attempted to destroy a military boat on the river Manyu. Colonel Badjeck informed the nation that a number of soldiers and police officers have so far been killed in the war in Manyu. He however did not make public any figures.  According to the Cameroon military spokesperson, the army now controls the South West and North West regions.

He was speaking on state radio on a program known as “Honeur et Fedelite” yesterday Saturday December 16, 2017 which is a production of the Ministry of Defense.

Colonel Badjeck likened the war in Manyu to that against the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram in the Far North region. He however concluded that the Cameroonian army has disabled the members of the sect Boko Haram and will do same for the Southern Cameroons armed militants.

By Rita Akana

The Cameroonian armed forces have reportedly invaded the headquarters of the Cho Ayaba gang in Dadi and seized a large stockpile of weapons and ammunition there.

Dadi is the area that the controversial Southern Cameroons activist passing for a military commander staged a military parade and posted on face book.

Yaoundé interpreted the Cho Ayaba move as coming from the Interim Government headed by Sisiku Ayuk Tabe. Cho Ayaba in the video released some weeks ago was reviewing his troops.

By Rita Akana

The Cameroonian army is facing a strong response from armed Southern Cameroons militants following what is being described as an invasion of the Manyu State in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia and continues military incursion is doomed to fail, according to our South West bureau chief who is currently monitoring the situation in Mamfe.

“Any military operation led by General Elokobi Daniel Njock against the people of Akwaya will fail as it would elicit a harsh and unexpected response,” Sama Ernest told our news desk late last night.

Last week, a top Cameroon government official revealed Biya regime’s intentions of deploying thousands of troops in the Eyumojock and Akwaya sub constituencies. His remarks followed a series of attacks ordered from Yaoundé on the Southern Cameroons civilian population in Mamfe, Egbekaw, Besongabang and Kembong including Kajifu and Agborkem-German.

On Thursday, Cameroonian military vehicles and helicopters entered Mamfe under escort and staged attacks on Egbekaw. The Cameroon army deployed massive reinforcements to its outposts on the Ekok border in preparations to sending forces into Akwaya and Otu, which is part of a deal with Nigeria to de-escalate the conflict in the area.

“The Cameroonian military presence is aimed at thwarting the Federal Republic of Ambazonia project in Southern Cameroons and imposing a siege on Manyu Division. The Biya Francophone regime is not fighting any terrorist organizations in Southern Cameroons,” said Sama.

The statement was echoed by an aide to the Interim Head of State of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe who spoke to us recently in Calabar in Nigeria. The Cameroon government’s goal in Manyu is to prevent Southern Cameroonians from linking the Bokis of Cameroon to the Bokis in Nigeria including the Ejagham cantons of Eyumojock to those in Nigeria and change the character of the Anglophone crisis.

Yaoundé only controls a pocket of land since General Elokobi Daniel Njock started the operation in Manyu.  Cameroon Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo has previously described the Manyu Division area on the Nigeria border as a “terror corridor” in the making.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai 

4 military helicopters have attacked civilian positions in Egbekaw village in Mamfe town in what the Cameroonian army calls a “terrorist raid” on Southern Cameroons militants.

Grenades were dropped on Egbekaw and 15 shots fired at some residence today, Cameroon Concord News reporter said.

The helicopters flew from a military base located in Besongabang to attack the Egbekaw area.

Manyu Division is in the midst of a political and economic crisis that has sparked mass exodus into Nigeria.

Many of those in the Cameroonian army who support the Biya regime see Mamfe has the headquarters of the Southern Cameroons uprising.

What happened in the attack?

Four helicopters were seen flying over Egbekaw village dropping grenades with soldiers firing at civilians. No casualties have been reported.

By Sama Ernest in Egbekaw

The Secretary General of the National Assembly has died in the General Hospital in Yaoundé. News of his demise was made public early today Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

Victor Yene Ossomba, 70, from the Central Region, was a senior civil administrator who served as provincial governor in the Far-North region from 1998 to 2003.

Victor Yene Ossomba was Secretary General of the National Assembly since February 15, 2010. He had a fragile health for almost a year.

By Rita Akana