Re: Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis at the Crossroads -Intl. Crisis Group.

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On 8/4/17, Ngwa Nto' <myscnation@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks indeed Bother Aghien. I could not be otherwise. When I read the
> first few lines of the post I decided that it could not be in our interest.
> You just confirmed it. I wish we will all be alert to these diversionary
> machinations and keep on the rails.
> My regards
> NN
>
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Nyangkwe Agien Aaron <
> nyangkweagien@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Brother Ngwa
>>
>> The "Crisis group" is part of the imperialists transnational
>> organizations used to propagate and implement its agenda. Their choice
>> of word is not for nothing. Don't be surprised to learn from me that
>> the "Crisis Group" came out with their "report" without talking to any
>> of our known leaders.
>>
>> Southern Cameroons wants to be an independent country that is not
>> taking orders from some western powers like the puppet countries we
>> have around. Sponsors of organizations like the "Crisis Group" don't
>> like that. So you can understand the choice of words used in
>> "reporting" our case.
>>
>> We are the ones to make pour case known and not some one else because
>> it is he who wears the shoe who knows where it aches or bites more
>>
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>> On 8/4/17, Ngwa Nto' <myscnation@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear Comrades,
>> >
>> > I do not know who crisisgroup.org is but it is important to advise
>> whoever
>> > it is, that a misrepresentation of our struggle such as the one we find
>> > here does not deter us. First we are not *Anglophones of Cameroon* as
>> > the
>> > author wants planted in people's minds. We are not a linguistic group.
>> > We
>> > are citizens of a distinct country, the Southern Cameroons. So we are
>> > Southern Cameroonians and are not seeking some other identity. At his
>> level
>> > of tact, the author wants anybody to think that we feel marginalized
>> > and
>> > are looking for mutual trust with the Republic of Cameroon. Our people
>> > should be quite alert and not be swayed by any such falsehood. Our
>> problem
>> > is not marginalization per se; a neighbouring country invaded ours in
>> 1961
>> > and has since entrenched its authority in the territory militarily and
>> > administratively. Marginalization is just a logical fallout of that
>> > occupation because wherever this has happened, it has always been
>> followed
>> > by a sustained effort to make the natives inferior, through and
>> > through.
>> >
>> > It was not in 2016 that we began the crusades to restore our statehood
>> and
>> > sovereignty. If anyone wants to be fair to reality, he should state
>> > unequivocally that the strikes of late 2016 re-awakened popular support
>> to
>> > the efforts of our liberation movements. And the author says *the
>> > government should quickly take measures to calm the situation.* Which
>> > government? Whose government? I am forced to ask these questions
>> because, I
>> > suspect, the author is referring to the government of the Republic of
>> > Cameroon whose jurisdiction, legally, does not include the Southern
>> > Cameroons. So he is tacitly asking us to forget what we are saying,
>> namely,
>> > that the government of the Republic of Cameroon has no legal authority
>> > here!
>> >
>> > There is a lot of other falsehood in the post but I have decided not
>> > to
>> > use valuable time on this. The time I have is better used in energizing
>> the
>> > home-bound caravan. Posts like this one that I am addressing are a
>> > result
>> > of well-conceived intention and are often sponsored. In them are found
>> > insincere sympathy, half-truths and coated falsehood. The intention is
>> > to
>> > make it believable by our people that a certain imaginary 'one and
>> > indivisible Cameroon' exist and we need rather fight marginalization.
>> > Unfortunately for any detractor, our feet are firmly set on a path we
>> must
>> > foot to Buea. In fact, we are so close to home I do, on eventful days,
>> hear
>> > murmurs from Buea.
>> >
>> > Ngwa Ntonufor.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:01 PM, 'Greig Batey' via ambasbay <
>> > ambasbay@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ekinneh Agbaw-Ebai
>> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ekinneh.agbawebai?hc_ref=ART3BZHb_m4vDB_
>> osPmSQQASVvABz3-FqT_YmjdrRJmoBtBVUGCrgWOxSD7fxVq2j_Y&fref=nf>
>> >> 6 hrs
>> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ekinneh.agbawebai/posts/10159158217615603>
>> >> Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis at the Crossroads -Intl. Crisis Group.
>> >> Since October 2016, protests and strikes related to sectoral demands
>> have
>> >> escalated into a crisis over the economic and political
>> >> marginalisation
>> >> of
>> >> Cameroon's Anglophone minority. Although the government has made some
>> >> concessions, it must rebuild mutual trust with Anglophone actors in
>> order
>> >> to avoid instability ahead of the 2018 general elections.
>> >> The Anglophones of Cameroon, 20 per cent of the population, feel
>> >> marginalised. Their frustrations surfaced dramatically at the end of
>> 2016
>> >> when a series of sectoral grievances morphed into political demands,
>> >> leading to strikes and riots. The movement grew to the point where the
>> >> government's repressive approach was no longer sufficient to calm the
>> >> situation, forcing it to negotiate with Anglophone trade unions and
>> >> make
>> >> some concessions. Popular mobilisation is now weakening, but the
>> majority
>> >> of Anglophones are far from happy. Having lived through three months
>> with
>> >> no internet, six months of general strikes and one school year lost,
>> many
>> >> are now demanding federalism or secession. Ahead of presidential
>> >> elections
>> >> next year, the resurgence of the Anglophone problem could bring
>> >> instability. The government, with the support of the international
>> >> community, should quickly take measures to calm the situation, with
>> >> the
>> >> aim
>> >> of rebuilding trust and getting back to dialogue. (This report is a
>> >> must
>> >> read by anyone interested in solving the Anglophone problem.)
>> >>
>> >> <https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/
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>> >> Since October 2016, protests and strikes related to sectoral demands
>> have
>> >> escalated into a crisis over the economic and political
>> >> marginalisation
>> >> of
>> >> Cameroon's Anglophone minority. Although the government has made…
>> >> crisisgroup.org
>> >>
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