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*** 2-Oct-18 World View -- Cameroon's Paul Biya continues ethnic cleansing of Anglophones in Southern Cameroons
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Cameroon's Paul Biya continues ethnic cleansing of Anglophones in Southern Cameroons
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Ambazonia Defense Forces fighters (Vice)
Cameroon’s Francophone (French-speaking) President Paul Biya is the
favorite to win reelection as president on Sunday. A poll reveals
that none of the nine opposition candidates would be able to defeat
Biya, even though the economy is tanking, and most voters are opposed
to Biya's war and atrocities on the Anglophone (English-speaking)
population in the Southern Cameroons region of the county.
The atrocities began in November 2016,
when the Francophone (French-speaking) Cameroon government
security forces began beating and killing peaceful anti-government
demonstrators in the South Cameroons, the Anglophone
(English-speaking) regions of Cameroon. The demonstrators were
protesting systematic bias, discrimination and marginalization towards
Anglophones by the Francophone government. For example,
schoolteachers in the Anglophone regions were forbidden from teaching
any courses in English. Court cases had to be held in French, and it
was against the law to provide English translations of the laws.
The level of atrocities ticked up considerably in October 2017, when
the Anglophone separatists demanded independence for the Southern
Cameroons, calling it Ambazonia. A video emerged purporting to show
Francophone soldiers forcing Anglophone teenage girls to crawl through
mud in front of the Cameroon Protestant College, as the men jeer at
the girls and refer to them as Ambazonians.
The Anglophones began forming their own army called the Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF),
with about 1,500
people spread around 20 camps in the Anglophone regions. In most
cases, the people are farmers who had been forced to leave their
villages, armed with hunting rifles that are made in Nigeria. In
September of last year, activist separatists began using small bombs
to target local security forces.
In December of last year, Biya declared full scale war on
the separatists, with this announcement:
<QUOTE>"I learned with emotion of the murder of four
Cameroonian soldiers and two policemen in the south-west of our
country. I think that things are now clear to everyone. Cameroon
is the victim of repeated attacks by a band of terrorists claiming
to be part of a secessionist movement.
Faced with these attacks of aggression, I assure the Cameroonian
people that all measures are being taken to end these criminals’
ability to do harm."<END QUOTE>
Human Rights Watch issued a report in July saying that the violence in
Cameroon has reached a crisis level, and could still get much worse.
The report Abuses by Government and Separatist Groups in Cameroon’s
Anglophone Regions":
<QUOTE>"found that both government forces and armed
separatists have abused civilians in the western part of the
country, displacing over 180,000 people since December
2017. Anglophone separatists have extorted, kidnapped and killed
civilians, and prevented children from going to school. In
response to protests and violence by armed separatists, government
forces have killed civilians, used excessive force against
demonstrators, tortured and mistreated suspected separatists and
detainees, and burned hundreds of homes in several
villages."<END QUOTE>
According to claims by the separatists, within the last month the
Francophone army has been burning down villages, and killing anyone
from 13 years to 50 years old.
Cameroon's last generational crisis war was the "UPC Revolt,"
1956-1960, which was a bloody civil war by communists attacking the
French government in the Cameroun colony. It has now been exactly 58
years since the ending climax of the UPC Revolt. Generational
Dynamics research shows that 58 years is the point where the
generations of survivors of the previous crisis war have retired or
died in sufficient number that they no longer hold enough power to
stop the excesses of the younger generations. Cameroon is spiraling
into a full-scale generational crisis war, and there is nothing to
stop it. Journal du Cameroun and Africa News and Human Rights Watch and Vice News
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**** Cameroon Anglophone separatists act to block 86 yo Paul Biya's reelection
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Paul Biya has been campaigning in Francophone Cameroon for a seventh
term in office, which he has held since 1982.
Cameroon's Francophone government has declared a 48-hour curfew in the
Southern Cameroons region, occupied by the Anglophones. October 1 is
the first anniversary of the day when tens of thousands of
demonstrators took to the streets, triggering an army massacre that
killed hundreds of people.
Separatist activists have vowed to block the presidential election in
any of the Anglophone regions. On Thursday, separatist militants
raided a prison and freed about 100 inmates, claiming that
the prisoners were innocent people that the army arrested at
random on the street.
Separatists have set up check points blocking traffic on major roads,
helping to paralyse activity across the region. According to Cho
Ayaba, a separatist leader, "There will be no election in Ambazonia.
We want to make sure there is no movement from Cameroon into
Ambazonia, including election materials." The Nation (Kenya) and AFP and Reuters
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Cameroon, Paul Biya, Francophones
Anglophones, Southern Cameroons, Ambazonia,
Ambazonia Defense Forces, ADF, Cho Ayaba
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Cameroon's Paul Biya continues ethnic cleansing of Anglophones in Southern Cameroons
- Cameroon Anglophone separatists act to block 86 yo Paul Biya's reelection
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**** Cameroon's Paul Biya continues ethnic cleansing of Anglophones in Southern Cameroons
****
Ambazonia Defense Forces fighters (Vice)
Cameroon’s Francophone (French-speaking) President Paul Biya is the
favorite to win reelection as president on Sunday. A poll reveals
that none of the nine opposition candidates would be able to defeat
Biya, even though the economy is tanking, and most voters are opposed
to Biya's war and atrocities on the Anglophone (English-speaking)
population in the Southern Cameroons region of the county.
The atrocities began in November 2016,
when the Francophone (French-speaking) Cameroon government
security forces began beating and killing peaceful anti-government
demonstrators in the South Cameroons, the Anglophone
(English-speaking) regions of Cameroon. The demonstrators were
protesting systematic bias, discrimination and marginalization towards
Anglophones by the Francophone government. For example,
schoolteachers in the Anglophone regions were forbidden from teaching
any courses in English. Court cases had to be held in French, and it
was against the law to provide English translations of the laws.
The level of atrocities ticked up considerably in October 2017, when
the Anglophone separatists demanded independence for the Southern
Cameroons, calling it Ambazonia. A video emerged purporting to show
Francophone soldiers forcing Anglophone teenage girls to crawl through
mud in front of the Cameroon Protestant College, as the men jeer at
the girls and refer to them as Ambazonians.
The Anglophones began forming their own army called the Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF),
with about 1,500
people spread around 20 camps in the Anglophone regions. In most
cases, the people are farmers who had been forced to leave their
villages, armed with hunting rifles that are made in Nigeria. In
September of last year, activist separatists began using small bombs
to target local security forces.
In December of last year, Biya declared full scale war on
the separatists, with this announcement:
<QUOTE>"I learned with emotion of the murder of four
Cameroonian soldiers and two policemen in the south-west of our
country. I think that things are now clear to everyone. Cameroon
is the victim of repeated attacks by a band of terrorists claiming
to be part of a secessionist movement.
Faced with these attacks of aggression, I assure the Cameroonian
people that all measures are being taken to end these criminals’
ability to do harm."<END QUOTE>
Human Rights Watch issued a report in July saying that the violence in
Cameroon has reached a crisis level, and could still get much worse.
The report Abuses by Government and Separatist Groups in Cameroon’s
Anglophone Regions":
<QUOTE>"found that both government forces and armed
separatists have abused civilians in the western part of the
country, displacing over 180,000 people since December
2017. Anglophone separatists have extorted, kidnapped and killed
civilians, and prevented children from going to school. In
response to protests and violence by armed separatists, government
forces have killed civilians, used excessive force against
demonstrators, tortured and mistreated suspected separatists and
detainees, and burned hundreds of homes in several
villages."<END QUOTE>
According to claims by the separatists, within the last month the
Francophone army has been burning down villages, and killing anyone
from 13 years to 50 years old.
Cameroon's last generational crisis war was the "UPC Revolt,"
1956-1960, which was a bloody civil war by communists attacking the
French government in the Cameroun colony. It has now been exactly 58
years since the ending climax of the UPC Revolt. Generational
Dynamics research shows that 58 years is the point where the
generations of survivors of the previous crisis war have retired or
died in sufficient number that they no longer hold enough power to
stop the excesses of the younger generations. Cameroon is spiraling
into a full-scale generational crisis war, and there is nothing to
stop it. Journal du Cameroun and Africa News and Human Rights Watch and Vice News
****
**** Cameroon Anglophone separatists act to block 86 yo Paul Biya's reelection
****
Paul Biya has been campaigning in Francophone Cameroon for a seventh
term in office, which he has held since 1982.
Cameroon's Francophone government has declared a 48-hour curfew in the
Southern Cameroons region, occupied by the Anglophones. October 1 is
the first anniversary of the day when tens of thousands of
demonstrators took to the streets, triggering an army massacre that
killed hundreds of people.
Separatist activists have vowed to block the presidential election in
any of the Anglophone regions. On Thursday, separatist militants
raided a prison and freed about 100 inmates, claiming that
the prisoners were innocent people that the army arrested at
random on the street.
Separatists have set up check points blocking traffic on major roads,
helping to paralyse activity across the region. According to Cho
Ayaba, a separatist leader, "There will be no election in Ambazonia.
We want to make sure there is no movement from Cameroon into
Ambazonia, including election materials." The Nation (Kenya) and AFP and Reuters
Related Articles:
- Cameroon's English-speaking provinces on the verge of full-scale violence (04-Dec-2017)
- Genocide of Rohingyas in Burma (Myanmar) appears to be almost complete (27-Aug-2018)
- Viral video shows Francophone Cameroon soldiers killing women and children (13-Jul-2018)
- Cameroon condemns scathing Amnesty report on government atrocities (16-Jun-2018)
- Dozens killed in English-speaking Cameroon region by French-speaking government police (28-May-2018)
- Nigeria threatens Cameroon as 40,000 refugees cross the border (08-Feb-2018)
- Cameroon Catholic Church splits over government 'barbarism' and 'growing genocide' (15-Jan-2018)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Cameroon, Paul Biya, Francophones
Anglophones, Southern Cameroons, Ambazonia,
Ambazonia Defense Forces, ADF, Cho Ayaba
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