29, September 2022
Biya regime bans public gatherings in Bamenda 0
Cameroonian authorities have banned public gatherings in Bamenda, the capital of the restive Northwest Region, where armed separatist conflicts are underway.
Simon Emile Mooh, the prefect of the Mezam division where Bamenda is located, said in a statement issued Wednesday that “undeclared meetings and public manifestations” have been banned in the city until further notice.
The statement came after separatists announced plans to hold a public manifestation Saturday to mark the “independence” of the country’s two Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest.
Any individual or group that violates the provisions of this order “shall be punished in accordance with the rules and regulations in force,” Mooh warned.
Bamenda, the most populous and largest city in English-speaking Cameroon, is also the stronghold of separatist fighters who want to establish an independent state in the country’s two Anglophone regions and have been clashing with government forces since 2017.
Source: Xinhuanet
3, October 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Kumba Amba General warns all Francophone soldiers to leave 0
Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces in Meme Division have put all Cameroon government soldiers operating in Kumba and its neighboring villages on notice, warning that they will be targeted as long as Yaoundé continue with its military operations in the Ambazonia homeland.
Speaking during celebrations marking October 1 Major General Transporter said Francophone army soldiers will no longer have any window of opportunity to operate in Meme Division and that the soldiers should leave Amba soil fast.
The Francophone dominated Biya regime have been waging a war against British Southern Cameroonians since 2016, trying, in vain, to stifle the Ambazonia uprising. The military campaign, which has been enjoying unstinting arms, logistical, and political support from France, has killed thousands of English speaking Cameroonians, and turned the entire Southern Cameroons into the scene of Africa’s worst humanitarian crisis.
By Rita Akana