The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government has warned of a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Southern Cameroons as Christmas approaches.

Dabney Yerima told Cameroon Concord News that thousands of Southern Cameroonians are trying to survive with the most basic resources as Christmas approaches. Nearly five years of a Biya French Cameroun war have left much of Southern Cameroons infrastructure and agricultural lands destroyed.

“Our Southern Cameroons diaspora groups have gone back to their Makossa celebrations while the humanitarian situation in Ground Zero is catastrophic and deteriorating day by day. Our people are facing a bitter Christmas ahead and they have little or nothing. The Interim Government needs financial support to push with the Big Rubbergun Project so that Ambazonia fighters will be able to protect our towns and villages including the most vulnerable. The situation is nothing short of critical for many Southern Cameroonians,” said Vice President Dabney Yerima.

More than a million Southern Cameroonians living in rural areas, including women and children, are in need of food and medicine. More than half a million Southern Cameroonians have fled into neighbouring Nigeria, Ghana and around three hundred thousands are displaced within French Cameroun.

“Many of our fellow Southern Cameroonian citizens in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea are living in terrible conditions and are struggling to put food on the table.  The truth is, our refugee population are living with the uncertainty of not knowing what tomorrow will bring or even if they will ever make it back home one day,” Yerima added.

The exiled Ambazonian leader re-echoed an earlier position saying supplying weapons to Amba fighters in Ground Zero is morally legitimate and that there is a right to armed defense in the case of aggression.

By Isong Asu in London

Three civilians were killed on Tuesday when Ambazonia fighters attacked a passenger vehicle on the Kumba-Buea highway, while a Cameroon government soldier of the Rapid Intervention Battalion was shot dead at a check post in Ekona.

According to Cameroon Concord News sources in Fako Division, Amba fighters riding motor bikes opened fire when the driver of the bus refused to stop at a check post erected by the fighters.

“The Southern Cameroons separatists’ fighters opened fire, killing three civilians and injuring two passers-by,” a police officer in Ekona who asked not to be named told Cameroon Concord News.

The police officer added that the Amba fighters left the scene, while the bodies were taken to a hospital in Ekona for autopsies.

Another pedestrian who narrowly escaped the Amba attack said Cameroon government troops deployed to a check point in the outskirts of Ekona were busy with their cell phones when the Amba fighters approached the passenger vehicle and opened fire.

Security official shot dead

An official of the so-called Rapid Intervention Battalion was killed when an unidentified Amba fighter shot at him inside a check post in Ekona. Our reporter in Fako is yet to confirm this incident.  However, a security official who spoke to Cameroon Concord News but sued for anonymity said the incident occurred late on Tuesday and he added that other Cameroon government soldiers opened retaliatory fire in the general direction of the Ambazonia fighter.

By Rita Akana in Ekona

The newly appointed Deputy Force Commander (DFC) of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Brigadier General Assoualai Blama from Cameroun resumed duty on Friday 02 September 2022 after the out gone DFC, Brigadier General Harouna Assoumane from Niger Republic completed his tenure.

The handover ceremony was presided over by the Force Commander (FC) MNJTF Major General Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim. The FC thanked the outgoing DFC for his contributions to the MNJTF and wished him a safe journey back to his home country and success in his future endeavours.

The new DFC in his remarks thanked the FC for the warm reception accorded him and promised to contribute positively to the success of the MNJTF. He added that though all military staff officers (MSOs) were from the different Troop Contributing Countries of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Benin Republic, there was the need for all to cooperate to end the insurgency. He pledged to put in his best in fulfilling his duties as the DFC.

Source: PrNigeria

The Ambazonia Interim Government accused pro Yaoundé militants on Sunday of killing a cocoa famer Peter Agbor, 37, who was found hanging on a tree in Ossing village in Manyu Division.

Initial reports spoke of suicide, but as the investigations continued, it was discovered that there were more questions than answers in the quest for the truth.

Sources in Ossing which saw Mr. Agbor hanging on the tree said he had been killed before being tied up to the tree, but no bullets or wounds had been found on his body, causing many people to think that he might have been forced to drink poison by his enemies.

The Senior Divisional Officer for Manyu had no immediate comment.

Southern Cameroons is now ruled jointly by the Biya regime in French Cameroun and the Ambazonia Interim Government.

Vice President Dabney Yerima said in his weekly press briefing yesterday that the African Union should pressure the Biya Francophone regime to launch a probe into the incident. “It is clearly a cold-blooded execution, committed in broad day light,” Vice President Dabney Yerima said.

The fighting in Southern Cameroons which was designed to bring independence to the country’s English-speaking minority is turning out to be a massive disappointment to Ambazonians.

The rebellion has triggered a wave of kidnappings and massacres and is spreading pain and suffering among those who have been looking forward to the independence of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia.

For over five years, the joy of independence has turned into a nightmare as rogues are using the ongoing socio-political crisis to commit atrocities in towns and villages in Southern Cameroons.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

The fighting in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon which was designed to bring independence to the country’s English-speaking minority is turning out to be a massive disappointment to the people.

From every indication, the rebellion, which has triggered a wave of kidnapping and massacres,  is spreading pain and suffering among those who have been looking forward to that independence.

For over five years, the joy of independence has turned into a nightmare as rogues are using the ongoing socio-political crisis to commit atrocities in towns and villages in the Southwest and Northwest regions.

Summary executions and settling of scores have become rampart and envy, the sore of the soul, has been thrown into the mix and this has created a very toxic situation.

Yesterday in Ossing, a town some seven kilometres from Mamfe, the Division’s chief town, a man known as Peter Agbor, 37, was found hanging on a tree.

Initial reports spoke of suicide, but as the investigations continued, it was discovered that there were more questions than answers in the quest for the truth.

Sources in Ossing which saw Mr. Agbor hanging on the tree said he had been killed before being tied up to the tree, but no bullets or wounds had been found on his body, causing many people to think that he might have been forced to drink poison by his enemies who are suspected to be Amba fighters before being tied to the tree.

 Most people who spoke to the Cameroon Concord News on condition of anonymity said they suspected Amba fighters as Mr. Agbor did not have any enemies they knew of in the village.

However, the investigations are ongoing and some residents who have spoken to the police say they have an idea of what happened and they are helping the police with their investigations.

It is also being reported that some Amba fighters in Mfuni were head discussing the situation and one of the fighters claimed that he and his colleagues had taught Mr. Agbor a bitter lesson.

Mr. Agbor has been buried close to the cocoa tree where he was found dead according to the customs and traditions of the people of Ossing.

The police have promised to track down the criminals as pictures clearly point to a crime committed to hurt the victim’s family.

The position of his legs clearly indicates that it was not a suicide by hanging and Mr. Agbor could not have gone up the cocoa tree to tie up the rope and come down to stand on his feet and die.

Those who witnessed the situation said his eyes were closed which points to something else and his tongue was still intact and this does not happen when someone commits suicide by hanging.

Our correspondent in Mamfe is investigating the issue and will be delivering reports as he gets more information.

By Bryan Tambe Ashu

The Ambazonia Interim Government (IG) says claims by the Biya Francophone regime about school reopening in Southern Cameroons are aimed at covering up the continued crimes committed by Francophone army soldiers in the Southern Cameroons homeland.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government Dabney Yerima accused the French Cameroun regime of trying to market fake achievements and victories for the French Cameroun society and the international community.

However, Vice President Dabney Yerima stressed that Ambazonia Revolutionary Guards have the right to use all means at their disposal to face the French Cameroun enemy and respond to its crimes.

Dabney Yerima’s remarks came after defense minister Beti Assomo said recently that nearly all schools in Anglophone Cameroon have now been reopened.

Minister Beti Assomo further said all necessary security measures have been put in place to enable primary and secondary schools to resume in the rural areas of Anglophone Cameroon.

Cameroon government military has repeatedly said over the past five years that it has secured all academic institutions in Southern Cameroons. But schools have come under attack from both Cameroon government troops and Amba fighters.  

By Chi Prudence Asong

For some time now, Cameroon government forces have been scoring some points with the killing of some key Ambazonian forces such as Field Marshall and this seems to have emboldened the country’s army soldiers who have been staging raids in many parts of Southern Cameroons.

However, Ambazonian fighters are also hitting the soldiers where it hurts the most, blowing them up with IEDs.

The gains may not be significant, but they are sowing fear in political circles and even among the young soldiers who have been hastily recruited and sent to the killing fields of Southern Cameroons.

On Sunday, Ambazonian forces in Bafut used IEDs to blow up an armored car which was part of a military patrol team, killing at least three government forces.

Little victories like this one are serving as morale boosts to Ambazonian fighters who have vowed to bring about the total independence of Southern Cameroons.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

Basil Atangana Kouna, an ex-convict and former minister sent to jail for robbing the country of massive financial resources was today seen at the Unity Palace, a place where no ex-convict should be seen.

The ex-convict was recently released following a special order from the country’s president, Paul Biya, on the grounds that the thief had returned CFAF 1.2 billion to the state.

Basil Atangana Kouna was picked up in Nigeria like a common criminal when he presented his diplomatic passport to check into a hotel in Nigeria.

The crook had disguised as a woman to fly out of the country, but landing in Nigeria did not imply that he was off the hook.

He was rapidly returned to Cameroon where he answered for the numerous white collar crimes he had committed when he was the Managing Director of CAMWATER.

A few months after his release, the criminal was received at the Presidency for reasons which are still unknown by the taxpayer.

In decent environments, this ex-convict is not supposed to get anywhere close to the corridors of power.

By Rita Akana