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Dozens of Anglophones arrested in Yaounde

28, January 2017

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Cameroon Concord News has learnt that the Francophone dominated secret service has arrested many Southern Cameroonians and taken them to an unknown destination. Some of the West Cameroonians were returning from the South West and North West regions but were intercepted at the outskirts of Yaounde, the nation’s capital.

We gathered that a younger brother to the late veteran sports journalist, Ben Njovens is among the hundreds arrested. We also got intelligence that Anglophone citizens are stopped and mobile device searched and those bearing messages from the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium are immediately arrested.

This story is developing  

By Rita Akana in Yaounde

UN World Food Programme says millions of Nigerians at risk of dying from starvation

27, January 2017

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The United Nations World Food Programme has sounded the alarm for millions of people who are at risk of dying from starvation in the militant-infested northeastern region of Nigeria. The Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists are obstructing efforts to deliver food to the crisis-hit region, the WFP warned on Friday.

Ertharin Cousin, the WFP executive director, said there were areas unreachable to the UN agency. “The challenge is that there are areas in Borno state, in particular, that are still inaccessible, and we have no idea of the food security situation,” she said, adding that an estimated 4.4 million people needed food assistance in the northeast.

Even in parts of the northeast held and defended by the army, Boko Haram attacks were jeopardizing aid programs, Cousin said. Ending the insurgency will require a political as well as a military solution, said Cousin, adding, “Until we resolve those issues the humanitarian situation will not improve to a level that allows us to reach all of those in need.”

The government has told aid agencies it expects the conflict to end in six months, she said. “I am imploring the international community to continue to provide us with the support that is necessary,” said Cousin. The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

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Bishop Bushu and Governor Okalia deadlocked over strikes in Southern Cameroons

27, January 2017

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Governor Bernard Okalia who was appointed to the South West region due to his family ties with the first lady of La Republique du Cameroun, Chantal Biya has seen his effort to stop the strike by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium ended in fiasco as a closed-door meeting held between him and His Lordship Bishop Bushu of the Buea Diocese was deadlocked.

At the meeting convened by the loud sounding nothing governor and attended by Francophone security agents serving in the South West, Bishop Bushu informed Mr Okalia that the leadership of the Consortium has vowed to continue with the strike including a massive civil disobedience campaign.

The governor and the mayor of Buea had faked a press release as coming from the Bishop’s House ordering the Catholic University to resume classes. The Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium had on Monday announced that ghost towns will be staged for a period of one month with the possibility of an indefinite extension.

The Southern Cameroons strike action that has paralyzed all academic establishments came over the failure of the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime to implement the demands made by the Consortium. But in a swift reaction, the Yaounde government mandated its tribal secret service to intervene in the matter and arrested the Anglophone leaders including a judge of the Supreme Court of Cameroun.

Both the Roman Catholic Bishop and the appointed Francophone governor agreed at some point in the meeting that the 83 year-old Paul Biya should restate genuine dialogue with the Consortium and open a window for solution to be found. Ghost town returns on Monday and Southern Cameroonians have been told to listen to the interim leaders of the Consortium.

By Rita Akana in Buea

 

Southern Cameroons Internet affair: Nigerian diplomat says Francophone action is against the 1963 Vienna Convention

27, January 2017

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The Consul General of Nigeria to the South West and North West regions, Dan Wari Nwazim has strongly criticized internet disconnection in the two regions for over a week now.

In an interview with Buea based Newspaper The Rambler, the Nigerian Diplomat said the act by the Government is against the 1963 Vienna Convention on diplomatic and Consular relations which stipulates that “Communication of Diplomatic and Consular missions are invaluable and the host Government should do nothing to tamper with them.”

Dan Wari Nwazim told The Rambler that for over a week Communication between his office and head Office in Abuja in particular and the world in General has been grounded, yet nobody has cared to explain to them why they should suffer such fate.

The Consul General said the only thing he has come across in Newspapers as reason for such action by Government is that, they disconnected internet in the South West and North West Regions of the country because of ‘irresponsible use of Cyber space by some individuals’.

Dan Wari noted that it will be of the interest of Cameroon Government to restore internet in the Consulate, “We are telling the Government of Cameroon to restore our internet. We are not part of irresponsible internet users.”

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Anglophone Problem: Operation Ghost Town to continue on Monday

27, January 2017

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The leadership of the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium has announced that ghost town operations will continue on Monday the 30th and Tuesday the 31st of January 2017.  The Consortium has called on all its operation managers within and out of Southern Cameroons to resist the Francophone oppressors with more intense ferocity.

Cameroon Concord News gathered that Southern Cameroonians guided by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium have resolved to continue their civil disobedience campaign against the current Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime. This comes after more than a 1000 desperate attempts at bribing some teachers in the Consortium to call off the strikes.

Last night on al jazeera news channel, the ruling CPDM crime syndicate got Prof. Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, former cabinet minister who presently has no constituent base in his native Kupe Muanenguba and who’s only power comes because of his friendship with some local Francophone political elites at the International Relations Institute, IRIC to try to sell the outrageous decision to shut down internet services in Anglophone Cameroon.

A majority of the Francophone political elites are overwhelmed by the sheer number of Southern Cameroonians who are now demanding an independent Southern Cameroons state. The mass civil disobedience campaign is expected to last for a month. However, the interim leaders of the Consortium are considering an indefinite extension of the ghost town activity.

The Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium has gotten the backing of all Southern Cameroon groups for the total and complete boycott of the so-called 11th of February celebrations. Inside sources say the Consortium is also planning a massive boycott of the Guinness Mount Cameroon Race. Southern Cameroonians have been told to make sure that parents, students, lawyers, okada riders, teachers and the business community all adhere to the leadership of the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium.

The strike actions including the ghost town have been successful on all counts and day-by-day; the Biya Francophone administrative authority is not only being suspended throughout West Cameroon but also eroded. On Monday the 30th of January 2017, Southern Cameroonians will continue their civil disobedience campaign and all academic institutions will remain closed.

The interim leaders say the Consortium will stop at nothing to make sure that all Anglophone demands are met. “The longer the Yaoundé regime ignores us and the more arrest and extra judicial killings in our territory, the more means we will use to get what we deserve.”

By Chi Prudence Asong

Anglophone Problem: International Federation of Journalists calls for an end to threats against the media

26, January 2017

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has denounced all forms of intimidation by the National Council of Communication towards the Cameroonian media. The international union grouping media gurus has called on the so-called Cameroonian media watchdog to respect international norms. The National Communication Council body headed by one Mr. Peter Esoka has threatened to shut down any media organization that host members of the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium.

In a statement released Thursday, January 26, 2017, IFJ President Philippe Leruth called on the Cameroonian authorities to put an end to threats against the media and journalists in order to engage in dialogue with the media and have a better understanding of the role of the media and journalists in the current situation in the country.

By Rita Akana

Supreme Court Judges protest CENER arrest of Lord Justice Ayah Paul

26, January 2017

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Some judges of the Supreme Court of Cameroun have openly protested the arrest of Lord Justice Ayah Paul Abine by secret service agents loyal to the 83 year-old dictator, Paul Biya. According to the judges, Ayah’s arrest occurred in violation of article 629 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The Supreme Court judges pointed out that the nation is now being run like a banana republic. The leaders of the judiciary also indicated via a Yaoundé based tabloid that the legal provision to which a judge of the Supreme Court or a magistrate of the judicial order is liable to be charged with an offense has been violated.

The Judges revealed that for any arrest to be carried out, the competent Attorney-General must submit an application to the President of the Supreme Court who has to appoint a magistrate responsible for examining the case and three others, with a rank at least equal to that of the defendant, with a view to the eventual judgment of the case.

Lord Justice Paul Ayah Abine was arrested last Saturday at his home by six armed men and taken to the Secretary of State for Defense (SED) where he remains detained. The executive branch of the government reportedly wrote a letter to the President of the Supreme Court claiming that Ayah Paul was involved in politics as leader of the People’s Action Party. The Cameroonian judges have however made it abundantly clear that this part of his life cannot justify the form of his arrest.

“He was arrested because he expressed his opinions. But when he was appointed to the Supreme Court, they knew who he was, what political ideas he had! Why pretend today to be surprised by his political struggle? “Said a Judge. For them, the arrest of Paul Ayah Abine shows them that no one is safe.

By Sonne Peter

Anglophone Problem: Exiled American Computer scientist condemns the shutting down of internet services

26, January 2017

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The famous American computer scientist exiled in Russia for making public information classified as “top-secrets” by the CIA  has denounced the shutting down of Internet services in the Anglophone part of Cameroon.

The former CIA employee, tweeted that “this is a form of repression, against which we must mobilize and fight, # keepItOn # BringBackOurInternet,” he wrote. The reaction of the famous American computer scientist, Edward Joseph Snowden, provoked an avalanche of comments on the web.

After this unexpected support from the American, many Cameroonians close to English cyber activists, changed their profile with the hashtag, # BringBackOurInternet #. The Francophone dominated government of the 83 year-old dictator Paul Biya cut Internet in the regions of South West and North West in a bid to stifle the growing Anglophone nationalism and demands for a Southern Cameroons state.

By Chi Prudence Asong

 

Donald Trump signs directive to begin construction of wall on the border with Mexico

26, January 2017

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US President Donald Trump has signed a directive to begin the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, taking the first step to deliver on one of his most divisive campaign pledges. “We’ve been talking about this right from the beginning,” the Republican president said as he signed the order during a ceremony for homeland security secretary on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The wall will be stretched across the roughly 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) US-Mexico border. Earlier, Trump said during an interview with ABC News that the construction was slated to begin within months, while planning would start immediately.

Trump also asserted that Mexico would reimburse “100 percent” of the wall’s costs. The American president took another step aimed at curbing immigration by signing a separate executive action on public safety for the interior of the US, authorizing a crackdown on US cities that shield illegal immigrants. The directive aims to strip federal funding from “sanctuary” states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said earlier in the day that the orders were the new administration’s “first step to really securing our porous border.” “This will stem the flow of drugs, crime, illegal immigration into the United States,” he added.

During his campaign run, Trump repeatedly pledged to build a wall along the southern border to prevent more immigrants from entering the US illegally. The Manhattan billionaire even estimated that erecting the wall would cost $8 billion, pledging to force Mexico to cover it. Earlier this month, however, Trump joined other Republicans, saying US taxpayers may foot the initial bill for the proposed wall, insisting that Mexico would repay the US the money in the end. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto made it clear during a meeting with Trump in September last year that his country would not pay for the project. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray repeated Nieto’s remarks on January 11, saying there was “no way” that his country would fund the wall.

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Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea threatens students and lecturers

26, January 2017

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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea, Dr Nalova Lyonga is reportedly threatening students and lecturers against staying away from the university saying that they are doing so at their own risk. In a release signed on January 24, 2017 the Vice Chancellor said students must come to school because studies are going on as planned in the congregation meeting of January 13, 2017. She added that staff and students who fail to come to school would have themselves to blame.

The Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium which has legitimate authority over all of Southern Cameroons territory including its citizens have decreed that all academic establishments in West Cameroon should remain closed and ghost town operations will be observed every Mondays and Tuesdays until all Anglophone demands are met including the release of all political detainees.

Consortium sources say whosoever is going by that title Vice Chancellor should respect constituted authority in West Cameroons.

UB Rector press release

By Sama Ernest

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