Some dictionaries define revolution as a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system.

From the above mentioned definition, it is but crystal clear that every government or social order that needs to be taken out in a revolution will not take it nicely.

This is same with the Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) revolution. Fellow Ambazonians, our people have in the past till date gone through the worst inhumane treatment from French Cameroon.
Our children killed and some locked up in Cameroun prisons for years without trial.
Our villages have been burnt down with our parents and grand parents in some of them.

To secure their lives , most young men and women have escaped and become refugees in foreign lands including some of us who had the audacity to speak on self defence.
Our beloved former British Southern Cameroons has become a desolate land.

When I ponder on all these things and how we have become strangers in our homeland, I weep bitterly.
I pen down this message today so you all fellow citizens of Ambazonia should stand strong in the mist of all these adversities facing us as a people.

We never declared war on anyone yet war was declared on us by the tyrant called Paul Biya in Yaounde.
It is then our duty under international law to defend ourselves and free our people from slavery and colonialism.

My fellow citizens of the Southern Cameroons , it is time we support this revolution so we can free our people and enjoy a peaceful and prosperous country.

A special appreciation to all our Self Defence forces all over Ambazonia. As you defend our people, continue to do so with love, observe human rights and all international laws that governe the art of war.

Once more we say thank you to our Self Defence forces, all citizens of Ambazonia, the leaders who in one way or the other are playing their rolls to ensure a free Southern Cameroons.

God bless you all.
Short live this war and long live Ambazonia.

Yours Truly,
Jude A

The Ngarbuh Massacre is one of many atrocities committed against civilians amidst the ongoing armed conflict in the North and Southwest Regions of Cameroon. It was on the 14^th of February 2020 when the military accompanied by some members of the vigilante group (Mbororos) raided the locality of Bui division in the Northwest region while killing at least 20 civilians including children and women.

It is worthy to note that there are a lot of mass killings in the trouble regions, which are not reported nor documented. The conflict which started in 2016, has seen thousands of persons killed and hundreds of thousands forcefully displaced internally and externally. Thus, resulting in a humanitarian crisis, economic insecurity especially on the vulnerable population including children and elderly persons.

The Cameroon government authorities refused to admit that the soldiers committed the atrocious acts. Following widespread condemnation from national and international stakeholders, the   government authorities launched investigations and later accepted that the soldiers and armed vigilante groups (Mbororos) were responsible for the act. On 17^th December 2020, the accused soldiers were brought before the military tribunal in Yaounde, the political headquarters of Cameroon.

The massacre drew significant international attention to the anglophone crisis. The Cameroon Anglophone Crisis Database of Atrocities hereafter referred to as “The Database” received the first reports of this event on February 14th, 2020, the same day it occurred.

The database team comprising of volunteer researchers at the Edinburgh International justice initiative, Leiden University, University of Toronto with support from the Centre of Human Rights and Democracy in Africa have documented these verified reports of the same major human rights violation in their recent release. They have published at least eight incidents with the aid of videos, pictures, and satellites. Immediate efforts were undertaken to attempt to geolocate the incident, while reports continue to be submitted in the database.

The aim of this initiative is to store atrocities committed against civilians by both warring parties to the conflict and to promote human rights and peace. The recent verified report by the above-mentioned parties pertaining to what transpired in Ngarbuh, Northwest region of Cameroon go a long way to be used for future purposes.

In late May 2020, the military set up a base in Ngarbuh, with the stated aim of cutting off a separatist supply route from Nigeria. Within a week, more than 300 villagers had fled, fearing the presence of soldiers. On May 12^th, 2020, around 30-armed vigilante (Mbororos) killed two civilians after accusing separatists of killing seven vigilantes. In October, armed vigilante killed a separatist fighter and were subsequently haunted down by separatists. One of the quarters of Ngarbuh (Ntumbaw) continue to be a battleground between separatist and the armed vigilante. Associated protests are possible in the Northwest region and other anglophone areas over the near term.

By Florence Besumbu Luma.