Several servicemen and women of the Cameroon government army deployed to Southern Cameroons are turning their guns on themselves according to a secret released circulating in the Ministry of Defense in Yaoundé.

The document reportedly addressed to Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo in the French language and captioned “Suicide — not combat — is the main killer of soldiers deployed to North West and South West” stated that “Though Cameroon government casualties have been high ever since the war effort began four years ago, of ———— troops who have died in Operation, many of them took their own lives.”

Cameroon Intelligence Report gathered that no one within the supreme military command in Yaoundé is interested in knowing why suicide ranks as the No. 1 cause of troop deaths in Southern Cameroons. However, our source at the defense headquarters pointed out to our chief intelligence reporter Rita Akana that the Francophone army soldiers fighting Ambazonia Restoration Forces have mental illnesses, post-traumatic stress and multiple combat deployments ranging from the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram in the Far North Region and the French back rebels in the Central African Republic.

The nature of the fight against Southern Cameroons Self Defense Forces has also increased Cameroon military combat fatalities. Though direct exchange of artillery fire between Cameroon government army soldiers and Ambazonia fighters are uncommon, the Amba fighters are now utilizing the hit and run tactics.

By Isong Asu

Southern Cameroons Interim Government has accused the pro French Cameroun militia group sponsored by Minister Paul Atanga Nji of plotting imminent attacks against Ambazonian citizens residing in Bamenda.

Vice President Dabney Yerima announced in a statement to Southern Cameroons Self Defense Forces in Ground Zero on Tuesday that Atanga Nji Boys backed by some elements of the Rapid Intervention Battalion deployed to the Northern Zone by the French Cameroun dictator, were planning to launch attacks against Southern Cameroons civilians in the coming days.

The exiled Southern Cameroons leader observed that Yaoundé intends to blame the attacks on Ambazonia Restoration Forces and to use the attacks and remilitarize Buea, Mutengene, Tiko, Limbe in order to guarantee security for the African Nations Football Championship (CHAN) initially scheduled to have taken place in April 2020 but was postponed to early 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic and it is now set to run from January 16 to February 7 2021.

Dabney Yerima also pointed out to the fighters that the Interim Government has recently developed a plan that will be implemented in 2021 to protect every Southern Cameroons County.

Yerima added that self defense actions against the French Cameroun enemy will no longer be made public and that order of operations will remain secret.

By Fon Lawrence

Scores of Cameroonians have been visiting mortuaries to identify and collect the bodies of relatives who perished in two bus crashes Sunday that left 39 people dead between the capital Yaoundé and the western commercial city of Bafoussam.

Flavien Awanou, a social worker in the western commercial town of Bafoussam said he has been in search of his two children since he was informed of Sunday’s accidents.

He said a phone call from the police informed him that his son and daughter were involved in a deadly accident in Nemale village in the Ndikinimiki administrative unit.

Awanou said after a fruitless search at Ndikinimiki and Makenene hospitals, he has come to Yaoundé to find out if his children are in any hospital or their bodies are in any mortuary. Awanou said his children were returning from Bafoussam where they had spent Christmas with him to celebrate the change from 2020 to 2021 with their mother in the capital Yaoundé.

Paul Atanga Nji, Cameron minister of territorial administration who was sent to the scene by President Paul Biya, described what he found.

Nji said the first accident occurred at 3 a.m. Sunday when a 70-seat bus from the western towns of Foumban and Bafoussam crashed on the Nemale bridge near the town of Makenene. The bus landed in a 30-meter-deep dry riverbed.

The second occurred when another bus hit civilians and rescue workers who were helping victims of the first accident.

“Two accidents occurred in the same place. We have come here to extend the heartfelt condolences of President Paul Biya to the bereaved families and also the wish of the head of state that the wounded should be treated quickly, Nji said. “We will have a report which will be sent to the head of state and to the prime minister head of government so that we can have further instructions.”

Cameroon transport minister Jean Ernest Messina Ngale Bibehe was also sent to the scene by Biya. He said the government has ordered investigations on the causes of the accidents.

Bibehe said it was a black Sunday in Cameroon as so many lives were lost in less than 24 hours. He said the government took all necessary measures to avoid road accidents during this end of year period when many people are traveling by warning drivers against excessive speed. He said unfortunately, some drivers disrespect the driving code especially on roads where there are no police officers who can charge the drivers for misconduct.

He said road users should respect driving norms and stop the many accidents and deaths that occur every year in Cameroon.

During the past 10 years, Cameroon has reported an average of more than 16,000 road accidents killing close to 2,000 people each year.

The government blames the over-importation of secondhand cars, mechanical failure, the use of old and worn tires, hazardous overtaking, excessive speed and the bad state of roads.

Source: VOA

Three French Cameroun gendarmes have reportedly been taken hostage by French backed rebels fighting the legitimate government in the Central African Republic. Local media says the incident took place on December 26, 2020 in a village in Adamaoua, near the border with the mineral-rich but poverty-stricken nation that has been unstable since independence 60 years ago.

Cameroon Concord News gathered that the rebels have demanded the sum of 15 million FCFA from each of the French Cameroun security agents.

The three gendarmes were put on mission to strengthen border security in the Adamaoua region when they  were ambushed by elements of the rebel faction loyal to General Abbas Sidiki, the leader of Central African Republic’s so-called “3R” (Return, Claim and Rehabilitation).

We understand the three French Camerounian gendarmes are currently being held in Ngaoui, a village in the Adamaoua region near the Central African Republic.

The group that is receiving financial and material support from France in its war against the regime in Bangui claimed via an audio message that “if the sum is paid, the gendarmes will be released but without their weapons or their vehicle.”

The 3R militia is the largest armed group in the Central African Republic. Its leader, Bi Sidi Souleymane alias Sidiki Abbas, is a Cameroonian who has presented himself on the CEMAC political space as the defender of the Fulani people.

In August 2020, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions against General Sidiki Abbas. According to the US authorities, the 3R group has killed, tortured, raped and displaced thousands of civilians since 2015 and Mr. Souleymane himself is said to have participated in these atrocities.

General Sidiki Abbas is also on the UN sanctions list.

By Rita Akana

Thirsty-seven people died in a road accident in Cameroon early Sunday with 19 others seriously injured, according to local authorities.

The accident took place in Ndikinimeki of Mbam-et-Inoubou division in central Cameroon. A 70-seat bus oversped and crashed into a parked truck, according to Absalom Woloa Monono, prefect of Mbam-et-Inoubou.

“The bus then lost control and ran violently over Nemale Bridge and tumbled into the stream and stopped on the bank of the stream,” Monono told Xinhua on phone, adding that the 19 injured have been evacuated to a local hospital for treatment.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash. Such accidents in Cameroon are often linked to the poor state of roads and drivers’ ignorance.

The Ministry of Transport estimates that 1,500 people die in road accidents each year in Cameroon.

Source: Xinhuanet