Showing posts with label Ambazonia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ambazonia. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Ambazonia, Biya’s intolerance and internet democracy By Reuben Abati

A Biafra-like agitation for independence has been unfolding in neighbouring Republic of Cameroon since November 2016.  The people of Northern and Southern Cameroons under the  umbrella of the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front (SCACUF) finally decided to affirm the independence of the English-speaking sections of Cameroon from the Republic.

 Like the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Ambazonians as they have called themselves since 1984, are protesting against their alleged marginalization by the dominant Francophone Cameroon and the Paul Biya government in Yaounde.


They insist that whereas oil is found in the English-speaking South Western part of Cameroon, the central government has practically neglected the region, and the people have been turned into “slaves” on their own soil. Like the Biafran movement in Nigeria, they have their own flag (white and blue) and a national anthem.