The truth could be interpreted as any of the following :-

1. That, God did not put all these resources under our feet, waters soil and in our forests ,waters in Ndian for us to be extremely poor, under developed and hapless in spite of her contributions of $618 billion NOT FCFA but USD dollars.
2. That, crude oil exploration started in 1972 in the Ekondo oil fields, when crude oil was selling at $21.6 per barrel, and it changed the political complexion of the Federal Republic of Cameroon as West Cameroon was effectively swallowed because of crude oil.
3. That, since 1972, Ndian has been producing an average of 58.000 barrels per day to 161,000 barrels per day, but Ndian still have the snapshot of 5th century Africa, with Mundemba it’s headquarters having all the trappings of a makeshift refuge camp with no basic modern public infrastructure in spite of her contributions of $613billion from crude oil sales since 1972 till date
4. That, Palm Oil plantations developed and transformed Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Vietnam into emerging economies and economic tigers, but Palm plantations has made Ndian even poorest amongst the poorest. Pamol occupies a land mass bigger than Monaco, Onitsha and Bayelsa state, Nigeria and our coastlines.
5. That, cocoa developed Western Nigeria, Ghana.,Ivory Coast, Brazil, Switzerland , but cocoa has not made any improvements in our lives and communities. The tallest buildings in Ibadan, Nigeria and Accra Ghana respectively are named cocoa House.
6. That, Crude oil has developed and is developing USA, Nigeria, Angola EQ Guinea, Middle East, Benelux, Latin America, but has left Ndian poorest of the poor with Idabato, Isangele, Bamusso, Kombo Abedimo and Etindi still looking like a region and people with no government in spite of our contributions of $613
   Billion over the years.
7. The truth might also mean any of the following too:-
8. What the government does not want to hear. Or what you could be killed for saying in public. ( That, we are capable of managing our own affairs and our resources peacefully)
9. A guarded secret. ( About Ndian crude oil and her contribution of $613billion over the years.
10. A lie told repeatedly or a white lie ( that , there is any nation on earth that her unity or geo-political map cannot be negotiated, when “One” 1 itself and even fractions are divisible
11. What everybody knows but nobody want to say it. ( Ndian and the Oroko has everything but owns and control nothing) Until we are able to have firm political control over our factors of production, our land, our resources ,we shall continue to sit at the banks of Rivers Ndian, Mana ,Mundimba, Bulu gazing at the Rumpi singing songs of lamentations.

12 The truth might also mean telling your brother in the morning that, his mouth is smelling or your spouse that he is snoring.

1. That. Ndian seriously need to form a political party that, would defend and fight for their interests and resources.
   We need to have a “Rumpi Freedom Party,” “Ndongore Peoples Party”, Basusu Freedom Party, or Ingeke Freedom Party, that would win all elections in Ndian and represent the people and not foreign interests. Ndian has been over raped, ripped, cowed , abused and our people living in constant fear and in eternal bondage.
2. There is a saying in Ngolo that,
   Fear kills only the person who wears it. And that. “Any child afraid of witchcraft or scared of death can never inherit the throne of his parents .”
3. The Truth about Ndian Crude oil.
   Source: US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Summary and Breakdown of crude oil production from. 1972 -2018.

1. Years of Production :1972-1980
   ( 8 years)
   1.2. Average Annual Production per day=58,000barrels
   1.3. Average Annual Price in USD:$59/bbl
   1.4.Amount of Crude Oil Produced: 58,000 bbl X 365 days X 8 years=162,400.000 barrels in 8 years
   1.5. Amount from Crude Oil Sales =
   162,400,000barrels X $59/bbl= $9.581,600,000 (Nine billion, Five Hundred and Eighty One Million, Six Hundred thousand Dollars.)

2.Years of Production :1981-1990
( 10 years)
2.1. Total Production for 10 years:
5,595,450,000 barrels
2.3. Average Price in USD=$147.5/bbl
2.4.Amount from Sales of Crude =
5,595,450,000 barrels X $147.5/bbl=
$825.328,875,000.(Eight Hundred and twenty five billion, Three Hundred and Twenty Eight Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy five thousand dollars)

1. Years of Production :1991-2000
   ( 10 years)
   3.1. Total Production for 10years=
   4,292,400, 000 barrels
   3.2. Average Price in USD:$117.7/bbl
   3.4.Amount from Sales of Crude Oil =
   4,292,400, 000 barrels X $$117.7/bbl=
   $505,215,480,000(Five Hundred and Five Billion, Two Hundred and Fifteen Million, Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars).

4.Years of Production :2001-2010
( 10years)
4.1. Total Production=: 2,755,750.000 barrels
4.2. Average Price in USD=$75.4/bbl
4.3.Amount from Sales of Crude Oil =
2,755,750,000 barrels X $75.4/bbl=
$20,778,355.000 (Twenty Billion, Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Million, There Hundred and Fifty Five thousand dollars)

1. Years of Production :2011-2018
   ( 8 years)
   5.1.Total Production=: 2,186,350,000 barrels
   5.2. Average Price in USD=$71.8/bbl
   5.3.Amount from Sales of Crude Oil =
   2,186,350,000 barrels X $71.8/bbl=
   $15,697,993.000(Fifteen Billion., Six Hundred and Ninety Seven Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Three Thousand dollars). US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Atabong Albert Motale

The Cameroonian authorities must leave no stone unturned in their pursuit of justice for two women and two children who were brutally murdered by the military, Amnesty International said today. Seven soldiers allegedly caught on video carrying out the killings are set to go on trial tomorrow.

When the video went viral in early July 2018, Cameroonian authorities initially dismissed it as “fake news”. But Amnesty International revealed credible evidence that the Cameroon military was responsible, and the authorities later announced that the seven soldiers depicted in the video had been arrested and would be prosecuted. The seven are due to appear on 27 August before a military court in the capital Yaoundé on charges of joint participation in murder, breach of regulations and conspiracy.

“This horrifying video shone a spotlight on the way civilians in Cameroon’s Far North have been ensnared in atrocities amid the fight against Boko Haram. Security forces who are supposed to be protecting people have instead carried out arbitrary detentions and extrajudicial executions,” said Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Deputy Regional Director.

“The Cameroonian authorities must draw a line and ensure no army personnel responsible for atrocities will escape from prosecutions. Tomorrow’s trial is a first step towards justice and reparations for victims and their loved ones. Authorities must also ensure that all those reasonably suspected of crimes against civilians are brought to justice in fair trials before civilian courts.”

Amnesty International experts analyzed the video of soldiers shooting dead two women and their two children as soon as it went viral in July 2018. Relying on multiple strands of evidence – including expert analysis of the uniforms and weapons used, and linguistic and other contextual clues in speech that gave away the identities and ranks of the soldiers – within days the organization was able to begin to build a case to counter the official narrative. The evidence strongly suggested that Cameroonian soldiers were the ones extrajudicially executing civilians in the video.

Subsequent research by Amnesty International bore this out, and a community of open source investigators collaborating on the case pin-pointed the exact location near the town of Zelevet, and narrowed down the date to late March or early April 2015. The case was immortalized by the September 2018 BBC Africa Eye documentary “Anatomy of a Killing”.

While playing an important role in defending people threatened by Boko Haram, the Cameroonian security forces’ response has too often been heavy-handed and rife with human rights violations. Amnesty International is calling on authorities to bring all those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice in fair trials, before ordinary civilian courts and without recourse to death penalty.

Source: Amnesty International

At least three people died after a ferry belonging to Cameroon’s shipping company Achouka sank off Cameroon’s Atlantic coast Sunday evening, according to local authorities.

About 200 passengers were on board the ferry, which left neighboring Nigeria and was heading to Tiko wharf in Cameroon’s Southwest region, a Cameroon navy official who preferred not to be named said.

More than 100 people were rescued from the ferry by the navy and about 90 others are still missing, according to officials. Search and rescue efforts continued late Sunday.

It is still unclear what caused the ferry to sink but preliminary investigations showed it encountered rough weather.

Source: Xinhuanet

Tens of thousands of people have deserted Cameroon’s conflict prone English-speaking regions after a bloody weekend. Fighting between the military and separatists left at least 40 people dead, and a prominent Catholic bishop was abducted. The renewed fighting comes after a military tribunal ordered separatist leaders imprisoned for life. The new violence has dashed hopes that schools would re-open this week, after being closed for three years.

Six hundred people wait at Amour Mezam, a bus terminal in Cameroon’s northwestern town of Bamenda, seeking rides to French-speaking towns. Like other bus companies in this area, the agency here has been overwhelmed with thousands of travelers leaving the English-speaking area over the past week.

Eunice Tanlaka, a 32-year-old, says bus station officials have promised she and her two children will be able to get on the next bus for Yaounde, the capital.

“I have been tired the whole day, the children have been tired, the fatigue is just too much,” said Tanlaka. “Talk less of the transport fare that has been increased. It has not been easy on us, seriously.”

Tanlaka said she is leaving Bamenda because separatist groups ordered businesses closed for at least two weeks, and attacked people who defied their instructions.

23-year-old Elizabeth Mbunwe says she left the English-speaking town of Ndop when a military attack against separatist fighters killed six civilians, including a baby.

“How can you be fighting for someone and then you kill them? The military says they are for the people but then again turn to kill them,” said Mbunwe. “So, it is a whole confusing situation and we do not know who to walk to for help.”

At least eight people, including the Catholic bishop of the Kumbo diocese, George Nkuo, were kidnapped. The bishop was released when priests and hundreds of Catholics started marching to the bush areas where the separatists hide, demanding his freedom. The military says it is hunting for the other kidnapping victims.

Deben Tchoffo, governor of the English-speaking northwest region, says he has deployed troops to protect the population. He urged people not to flee and to assist the government in assuring their own security.

“Within our system of popular defense, I call on everybody, the population, traditional rulers, the administrative authorities, to revamp and remobilize the vigilante groups in the cities, the villages and the remote areas of the region,” said Tchoffo. “We also need the contribution of the population to ease the task of the security forces”

A senior Cameroon military official, who did not wish to be named, warns in a report that visiting the mostly deserted northwestern town of Kumbo he will need military protection.

The recent attacks began after a Yaoundé military tribunal said it had found separatist leader Julius Ayuk Tabe and his nine supporters guilty of secession, terrorism and hostility against the state. The tribunal handed down life prison sentences.

Separatists on social media ordered everyone in Cameroon’s English-speaking western regions to stay home to protest the sentences. They vow that schools will not open in the region until their leader is freed.

Violence erupted in the English-speaking regions in 2016 when teachers and lawyers protested alleged discrimination at the hands of the French-speaking majority. 

 The government responded with a crackdown that sparked an armed movement for an independent English-speaking state.

Source: VOA