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Ambazonia Self-Defence Council
The Ambazonia Self-Defence Council (ASC), also known as Ambazonia Military Council (AMC), Ambazonia Military Forces (AMF), and Ambazonia Restoration Forces (ARF),Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: Red Dragons and Tigers - the rebels fighting for independence
BBC, Oct 4, 2018. Accessed Oct 4, 2018.
is an umbrella organization that consists of several militants that fight for the independence of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, including the Red Dragons, the
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Anglophone Crisis
The Anglophone Crisis (), also known as the Ambazonia War of Independence, is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing armed conflict in the English language, English-speaking Northwest Region (Cameroon), Northwest and Southwest Region (Cameroon), Southwest regions of Cameroon, between the Cameroonian government and Ambazonian separatist groups, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. Following the suppression of 2016–17 Cameroonian protests, 2016–17 protests by Cameroonian authorities, separatists in the Anglophone regions (formerly collectively known as the Southern Cameroons) launched a guerrilla warfare, guerrilla campaign and later proclaimed independence. Within two months, the government of Cameroon declared war on the separatists and sent its army into the Anglophone regions.. Starting as a low-scale insurgency, the conflict spread to most parts of the Anglophone regions within a year. By the summer of 2019, the government controlled the major cities and par ...
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Southern Cameroons Defence Forces
The Southern Cameroons Defence Forces (commonly referred to as SOCADEF) is the armed wing of the African People's Liberation Movement, an Ambazonian separatist movement. It is led by Ebenezer Akwanga, who is based in the United States, Together with the Ambazonia Defence Forces, it was one of the most prominent militias fighting in the early Anglophone Crisis. It is mainly active in Meme and Fako. History By 2019, SOCADEF claimed that it had 3,500 troops, though the ''International Crisis Group'' argued that the militia had at most 500 active armed members. The militia made some headlines in March 2020 when it declared a two-week ceasefire to give people time to get tested for coronavirus. After suffering major losses in inter-rebel clashes with the Fako Mountain Lions in June 2021,
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Military Of Ambazonia
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstruction, prot ...
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List Of Ambazonian Militant Groups
Following is a list of militant groups fighting for the independence of Ambazonia, commonly referred to locally as "Amba Boys", in the Anglophone Crisis. It should be recalled that there are other groups involved but their tactics remain nonviolent. Due to the obscure nature of many of the smaller groups, this list will remain incomplete until more information becomes available. Many Ambazonian rebel groups and their commanders take symbolic names which reference animals or specific personal traits; these are used to evoke fear and respect. List Footnotes * The Bui Unity Warriors were organized by commanders previously associated with the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council (ASC), but they fight against other groups that were ASC members since early 2022. References Works cited * * {{Cite journal , url = https://www.athensjournals.gr/humanities/2022-9-3-3-Nkwain.pdf , title = Current Insights into the Evolution of Cameroon English: The Contribution of the 'Anglophone Proble ...
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Samuel Ikome Sako
Samuel Ikome Sako is an Ambazonian politician and incumbent president of the internationally unrecognized proto-state of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. He was elected president of the Interim Government a month after Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe, the first president, was abducted in Nigeria and extradited illegally to Cameroon.Just In-Dr Samuel Ikome Sako Is New Acting Interim President of The 'Federal Republic of Ambazonia'
Cameroon News Agency, 4 February 2018. Accessed 19 April 2018.
From captivity in Yaoundé, the former president Ayuk Tabe announced that he had dismissed Sako in May 2019, a decision that started the long-running
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Fako (department)
Fako is a division in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. The division covers an area of 2,093 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 466,412. The capital of the department lies at Limbe. Subdivisions The division is divided administratively into 6 communes and in turn into sub-districts and villages. The Ambas Bay district is further divided into 3 sub-districts; Limbe I (Victoria), Limbe II (Botaland), Limbe III (Isubuland). Communes * Dibombari See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ... References Departments of Cameroon Southwest Region (Cameroon) Buea {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Southern Cameroons Liberation Council
The Southern Cameroons Liberation Council (SCLC) is an Ambazonian umbrella movement, aiming to unite all Anglophone groups on a common front. As of April 2019, it consists of seven movements. Foundation The SCLC was established at the All Southern Cameroons People's General Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference was open to both separatists and federalists, and was attended by the Interim Government of Ambazonia, the Southern Cameroons National Council, Southern Cameroons Civil Society Consortium, Republic of Ambazonia, the African People's Liberation Movement and MoRISC. The Ambazonia Governing Council did not participate in the conference, with its leader Ayaba Cho Lucas describing the organizers as "enablers". History One of its first actions was to declare an early end to a lockdown in Fako Division, citing how it mainly affected civilians. However, the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council, the armed wing of the Interim Government, challenged the decision, claiming ...
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Interim Government Of Ambazonia
The Interim Government of Ambazonia, also known by the Sako cabinet as the Government of Southern Cameroons is an Ambazonian independence movement, and claims to be the provisional government in exile of the internationally unrecognized state. Formed in the early days of the Anglophone Crisis, the movement has since splintered into four factions that claim to be the legitimate Interim Government. Background History Ayuk Tabe cabinet (2017–18) The Interim Government of Ambazonia was formed from the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front (SCACUF), a nonviolent independence movement. Its members includes former leaders of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC), an independence movement that was prominent in the 1990s. It was SCACUF, led by Chairperson Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe, that declared the independence of Ambazonia on October 1, 2017. The Interim Government was officially formed on October 31, 2017, with Tabe assuming the role as President of A ...
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SOCADEF
The Southern Cameroons Defence Forces (commonly referred to as SOCADEF) is the armed wing of the African People's Liberation Movement, an Ambazonian separatist movement. It is led by Ebenezer Akwanga, who is based in the United States, Together with the Ambazonia Defence Forces, it was one of the most prominent militias fighting in the early Anglophone Crisis. It is mainly active in Meme and Fako. History By 2019, SOCADEF claimed that it had 3,500 troops, though the ''International Crisis Group'' argued that the militia had at most 500 active armed members. The militia made some headlines in March 2020 when it declared a two-week ceasefire to give people time to get tested for coronavirus. After suffering major losses in inter-rebel clashes with the Fako Mountain Lions in June 2021,
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Ambazonia Defence Forces
The Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) are a military organization that fights for the independence of Ambazonia, a self-declared independent state in the Anglophone regions of the former Southern Cameroons, Cameroon. It was formally established by the Ambazonia Governing Council (AGovC) on 9 September 2017, the same day as the organization declared a war of independence.Cameroon: I spent a week embedded with Anglophone armed separatists
RFI, Jun 14, 2018. Accessed Jun 14, 2018.
Whereas other separatist militias have refrained from bringing the war outside the Anglophone regions, the ADF has taken a different stance. Since April 2021, the ADF has been allied with the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, the Eastern Se ...
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Ambazonia Restoration Army
The Ambazonia Restoration Army (ARA) is an Ambazonian separatist militia.Cameroon: New Attacks on Civilians By Troops, Separatists
AllAfrica, Apr 4, 2019. Accessed Apr 4, 2019. It is affiliated with the , and is part of the .
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Seal Of The Ambazonia Self-Defence Council
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