There were three separate meetings that held on Wednesday the 14th of December 2016 at Mola Njoh Litumbe’s resident, to discuss the way forward of the restoration of the Southern Cameroon’s (Ambazonia) independence. Patriarch Mola Njoh Litumbe on a more or less an hour talk, gave us the in depth history of our motherland and pointed out with facts and figures that we were not and are not joint to La République du  Cameroun (LRC) legitimately. After the digestion of the patriarch’s historical clarifications, all those present unanimously accepted and embraced the fact that LRC is an illegal and illegitimate colonial occupant of our territory and has caused us a lot over the decades due to its illegal occupation and termed annexation or colonization of our territory, ranging from extortion of our natural resources, forcing colonial and military rule on us, destruction of our educational system, bringing our cultural values and heritage to a zero point value, attempting to kill our common law system, torturing, maiming, robbing, raping and killing our people, just to mention but a few.

We all joined our voices to say enough is enough and this must stop because we are stopping at nothing until we restore the independence of our nation that was granted to us by the UNO on the 1st of October 1961. After this first brief meeting, came the Ambazonian Governing Council (AGC) meeting under the chairmanship of the Deputy Leader (DL). It gathered momentum and had a take off point from the previous general meeting. It was very brief in order to give room for the All Leaders meeting to take place. The AGC was formerly introduced and its various arms of governance, having a coalition leadership made up of Dr. Ayaba Chou Lucas and Dr. Ebenezer A kwanza, a DL, and an Economic Council.

Newly created committees were put in place because we deemed them necessary and very vital for our struggle, the Communication Council was created, the Intelligence Unit Council was also created. All the various councils and committees shall work strictly under the AGC policy as designed and prescribed by the various policy terms found on the AGC website. After a solid refreshment came the last and most powerful and instrumental All Leaders meeting that was attended by high profile personalities like Patriarch Mola Njoh Litumbe, Professor Anyangwe, Dr Nfor  Ngalla Nfor chairman of SCNC,  Learned Barrister Nkongho Bate of FAKLA, President of SCAPO, DL of AGC, and a host of others. The over three hours meeting was chaired by Patriarch Mola Njoh Litumbe, who in his welcome and opening speech enjoins all Southern Cameroonians to keep aside their personal differences, individual and political agendas aside and underscored the need for us to work as a synergy till we reach the summit of our fight which is the restoration of our independence. He therefore called on all and sundries to coke together as a united people, even with our differences in ideologies towards this fight but so long as we have a common target and a common goal, we must be under one canopy and only then can we win the battle as one people.

Barrister Nkongho took the floor to reiterate and buttress the point of togetherness as earlier addressed by patriarch Mola Njoh. He said the main reason why the strike isn’t going the way it was declared by the lawyers and then after teachers is as a result of separation in leadership and as a result an unguided protest came to play. He beckoned on the need for a synergy of leadership that will encapsulate all the leaders of the various trade unions and movements because according to him, if that is not done, protesters will only believe and listen to their leaders and that will jumble up the whole thing and make it difficult for our voices to be heard as one. He proposed that all the leaders of the various trade unions and movements must come together and delegate those who will be representing the Southern Cameroonians at all levels.

Dr Nfor Ngalla Nfor insisted on a very strong note that there is a need for all the leaders to come under one canopy of leadership and that we must not back down or relent our efforts. He added that we must keep aside our self interests and make the supreme interest of Southern Cameroon our priorities at this moment. Professor Anyangwe saluted the initiatives of the lawyers and teachers and all those who have actively taken part in the ongoing strike, while appreciating the lawyers for this wonderful selfless sacrifice they are making to stop going to court which happens to be the only way they can make money and the teachers to boycotting classrooms and putting their salaries at risk, he couldn’t hold his deep condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones and sincere sympathy for those who have been severely injured, tortured, raped, maimed and even those who are yet to come out of trauma. On a very strong note, he said all these sacrifices are for the achievement of our liberation and they will neither go unrecognized in our history nor unaccounted for and damages paid by perpetrators and accomplices of all devilish acts meted on our people. He added that with all these mishaps, we can’t afford to back down on this fight and that we shall use all it takes to prevail over our oppressor. He joined the other attendees to call for a synergy of all Ambazonians to fight without fear for the liberation of nation.

The president of SCAPO came in like manner as the DL of the AGC to motion the need to work in a synergy and that anyone who is having the idea to sell out our just course or stand in our way should start writing his/her will because such a person will be devoured by the angry mob. He went further to say that the lawyers and teachers weren’t wrong to ask for a return to federation, reasons being that it was all they could yearn for at that moment but it should be clear and inculcated into the brains of all Southern Cameroonians that ALL WE ARE FIGHTING FOR IS SEPARATION AND NOTHING SHORT OF INDEPENDENCE should future in any of our agendas. The meeting ended in good faith and we unanimously congratulated the stand taken by Hon. Wirba Joseph to shake their Parliament and make them understand that we ain’t the same people they have been toiling with and enough is enough. The new message that should be on the lips of all Southern Cameroonians (Ambazonians) is “NO TO FEDERATION”

“YES TO INDEPENDENCE AND REPARATIONS”

According to unimpeachable sources, a high level delegation of Lawyers and Teachers, headed by Barrister Harmony Bobga convened in Ndawara, Boyo Division, at the legendary home of business mogul and Biya protege, Alhadji Baba.

Our concurring sources said the meeting was at the behest of President Biya who reached out to his friend Alhadji Baba. According to my sources, Alhadji Baba said that President Biya was not getting the truth from the men around him and had reached out to him so he could get to the bottom of the problems. But first, the President indicated that talk of federation had to be “off the table”.

Accompanied by France 24 because some participants “were in fear of not coming out of that fortress” alive, the lawyers and teachers maintained their demands, viz:

1) Common Law Bar;

2) Common Law Chamber at the Supreme Court;

3) Common Law School to train lawyers as well as Common Law Judges

4) Separate Education Council to take care of Southern Cameroons education from kindergarten through University;

5) Return control of entry into professional schools back to the Universities and away from the corrupt Ministry of Higher Education;

6) Return to two State Federation.

The 12 hour long session started Sunday afternoon and ended in wee hours of Monday at 2:00am, the time at which lawyers finished drafting the document that was immediately dispatched to the Presidency for translation and then forwarded to the President. The Lawyers, Teachers and Civil Society present hope to hear from the President soon.

But they made it clear, sources say, that if there is no reasonable action by the Head of State, things will move into phase three. In the meantime, talk was rife about an impending cabinet change in the wake of the monumental failure by PM Yang and the poor handling of the situation by Fame Ndongo of Education, as well as his colleagues at the Ministry of Justice and Paul Atanga.

By Innocent Chia

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has granted audience to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Cameroon, Muhammad Bin Sulayman.

The Saudi Arabia Diplomat was at the National Assembly on the 28^th of November 2016. Parliamentary relations between Cameroon and Saudi Arabia were revisited during the tete-a-tete with opportunities for new partnership discussed.

Speaking to pressmen after the audience, Ambassador Muhammad Bin Sulayman, hailed the excellent ties between his country and Cameroon. He indicated that the visit of some Saudi Arabian Parliamentarians to Cameroon in September 2016 paved the way for better relations between both countries.

CRTV

SDF members of parliament have expressed their total dissatisfaction at having not received the mid-term review of the 2016 budget and the law of regulations on time. The honorable members of parliament from the main opposition party in the country also revealed that they have not received the finance bill ever since the opening of the last session of the 2016 legislative year on November the 11^th.

According to Joshua Osih, SDF MP and Vice-President of the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly, this delay in the delivery of these documents necessary for the examination of the 2017 budget bill is likely to slow down the work of the Members of Parliament.  “Once again what is going to happen is that we will be working in five days when we could have done it in three months. This is unfortunate because MPs will not have the time to do the necessary parliamentary scrutiny”, Joshua Osih added.

Despite this delay, the SDF MPs nevertheless intend to carry out their actions of control of the draft finance law for 2017 during this session which is essentially for the budget. “We will ensure the sustainability of the budget by examining the balance between structural revenue and structural expenditure,” noted the SDF deputy. The SDF MPs intend to ensure that the budgetary policies are effective and comprehensive and that the public spending as planned is conducive to the impetus of Cameroon’s development.

By Sama Ernest

President Paul Biya has held serious political discussions with the Prime Minister and Head of Government, Philemon Yang on the Eseka train disaster, the current strike action by the Cameroon Common Law Lawyers and the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.  Our chief intelligence officer in Yaounde the nation’s capital hinted that Biya invited Prime Minister Philemon Yang in order to get a proper briefing on the findings of the Yang Commission, the security situation in the country vis-à-vis the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and also police brutality on Anglophone lawyers.

No official information has filtered from this meeting. But what we do know is that the 83 year old leader is under pressure from the international community to get rid of the all powerful minister of transport, Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o. A highly placed government official who spoke to our Brussels bureau chief but sued for anonymity revealed that the European Union including our French partners have expressed concerns over the size of the Biya cabinet which has a sea of ministers doing virtually nothing for the country. Our source also noted that Biya and Philemon Yang examined the appointments of new civil administrators including governors as many are due retirement before the 2018 election period.

By Ebong Kingsley in Yaounde

Cameroon state radio and television reported earlier today that President Biya presided over a CPDM political bureau meeting in Yaoundé. Cameroon Intelligence Report gathered from the report that a number of decisions were reached, the most important being the postponement of the Fourth Ordinary Congress of the CPDM to a date yet to be announced.

The political bureau members also did what was expected from them by the 83 year old dictator. The members inter alia agreed to:

– The extension of the mandate of the National Chairman

– The extension of the mandates of the Political Bureau and Central Committee members whose mandates had expired

– The extension of the mandate of the National Bureau members whose mandates had expired

The Secretary General of the Central Committee of the ruling CPDM, Jean Nkuete made a presentation on the bill of health of the party which he revealed was positive. Biya we gathered congratulated CPDM militants for their commitment and invited all the different wings of the party to get fully involved in the economic and social life of the state.

The meeting was attended by all 23 members excluding Luc Ayang, Marafa Hamidou Yaya,  Janvier Mongui Sossomba, unavoidably absent  and Delphine Medjo who died.

Culled from CRTV

The President of the National Assembly, Cavayé Yéguié Djibril has convened a regular parliamentary session for Thursday the 10^th of November 2016.  The speaker made the information public via a broadcast on state radio and television today in Yaoundé the nation’s capital.

The Cavayé Yéguié Djibril communiqué did not disclose the items on the parliamentary agenda. However, Cameroon Intelligence Report gathered from a sister publication, Cameroon-info.net that the session at the Ngoa-Ekelle palace will scrutinize and vote next year’s budget.   Approximately three months after their last session, the MPs will be meeting as from 11:00 am come Thursday the 10^th of November.

By Sama Ernest

Representatives of the 44 families that make up the Mfoundi Division have met at the Cercle Municipal in Yaounde in a special circumstance. It was to denounce their leader, the so-called Patriarch Emile Onamebele Zibi who recently launched a scathing attack against President Biya via a memorandum released recently in Yaounde.

Scandalised after the memorandum was made public by the press, four ministers from the Mfoundi Division: Mbarga Mboa, Minister in charge of Special Duties at the Presidency of the Republic; Andre Mama Fouda, Minister of Public Health; Seraphin Fouda, Secretary General at the Prime Minister’s Office and Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa, Minister of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, masterminded the meeting to say no to Emile Onambele Zibi who has always been considered one of theirs.

The meeting was organised to agree on a common ground in relation to the memorandum attributed to Patriarch Emile Onambele Zibi. In the memorandum, the legendary member of the Ewondos in the Mfoundi Division castigated the President of the Republic, denouncing various forms of discrimination and exclusion which he claims the people from the Mfoundi suffer from.

He outlined in the memorandum that in spite of their hospitality, their land has been confiscated. In the same vein, their party, the CPDM has been hijacked by people of other tribes. Worst still, they have not been present in major decision-making circles.

In a very threatening tone, the memorandum expressed the full frustration of the people, promising to withdraw their support if nothing is done to fix the situation. At the end of the encounter, they read a public declaration that laid emphasise on the fact that such an approach was very unpatriotic. The defending team promised unconditional support to the President of the Republic and renewed their commitment to remain faithful to him.

CRTV

The 4th Congress of the ruling Cameroon People Democratic Movement, CPDM that was announced for September 2016 did not take place due to the absence of its national chairman President Paul Biya.  Cameroon Intelligence Report learned from highly placed government sources that after taking part in the 71st Regular Session of the UN General Assembly that held in New York, President Biya did not return home. His absence led to the cancellation of the holding of the 4th Congress of the CPDM party.

The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance who also is the Deputy Secretary General of the Central Committee of the ruling CPDM, Gregoire Owona has recently been dabbling to defend the chaotic situation that has rocked the party. Holding the congress after September is now unlawful as the national chairman has exceeded his five year term. The mandate of the head of state is now obsolete and Eloi Bidoung, CPDM deputy mayor for Yaoundé VI has indicated his willingness to run for the party presidency in the next congress.

Paul Biya was re-elected head of the party at the last congress held on the 15th and 16^th of September 2011. The party also hinted of a possible renewal of leadership in the political bureau including leaders of the women and youth wings of the party.

By Rita Akana

A source close to the Social Democratic Front (SDF) has hinted that Senator Etienne Sonkin intends to challenge Ni John Fru Ndi for the leadership of the party in the February 2017 extraordinary congress. It is now an open secret that the rhythm of wars of succession has rocked the main opposition party after Joshua Osih was recently tipped by some to succeed the founder, Ni John Fru Ndi.

A significant proportion of SDF militants are reportedly not happy that ever since its creation in 1990 the party has been revolving around the family name John Fru Ndi. Many have opined that it’s time to give a chance to someone else. Senator Etienne Sonkin has been quoted as saying:

“I am not excluded in the list of those who intend to run against the Chairman. You have mentioned all the names of those who want to replace Chairman John Fru Ndi except mine. I am free to have ambitions. I was in charge of the party at the regional level, I was Treasurer of the SDF, I was mayor of the town of Dschang and I am currently the elected Senator of the SDF.”

By Sama Ernest