| Ambazonia Restoration Army | |
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| History | Anglophone Crisis |
The Ambazonia Restoration Army (ARA) is an Ambazonian separatist militia. [2] It is affiliated with the Interim Government of Ambazonia, and is part of the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council. [3]
The ARA is reportedly led by Paxson Agbor, a former police officer. [4]
Ayaba Cho Lucas is an Ambazonia activist. He is the former Secretary General of the Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL) and is the current leader of Ambazonia Governing Council, a separatist organization in Southern Cameroons.
Ayaba was expelled from the University of Buea in 1993 because he had led a one-man demonstration against tuition increases; he has been in exile from Cameroon since then. He eventually ended up in Norway, where he studied human rights and development at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and from where he has based his activism ever since. In January 2017, Ayaba was allegedly targeted for assassination in Brussels, Belgium.
The Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Ambazonia War, or the Cameroonian Civil War, is a conflict in the Southern Cameroons region of Cameroon, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. Following the suppression of 2016–17 Cameroonian protests, Ambazonian separatists in the Anglophone territories of Northwest Region and Southwest Region launched a guerilla campaign against Cameroonian security forces, and later unilaterally proclaimed the restoration of independence. By the end of November 2017, the government of Cameroon declared war on the separatists and sent its army into the Anglophone regions.
The Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) are a military organization that fights for the independence of Ambazonia, a self-declared independent state in the Anglophone region of 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.
Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako is the president of the internationally unrecognized proto-state of Federal Republic of Ambazonia. He was named interim president a month after Julius Ayuk Tabe, the first president, was arrested in Nigeria and extradited to Cameroon. He was unilaterally dismissed by Julius Ayuk Tabe in May 2019, a decision he refused to recognize. This triggered the Ambazonian leadership crisis.
Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe is an Cameroonian separatist leader, and the first president of the unrecognized Federal Republic of Ambazonia.
This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis during 2019.
From 2018, the Anglophone Crisis drew increasing international attention, and became a challenge to Cameroon's foreign relations. Triggered by a violent crackdown on the 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests, the conflict escalated from a low-scale insurgency to a civil war-like situation. While Cameroon enjoys support from African countries, no country has openly supported the Ambazonian independence movements. However, many countries have put pressure on Cameroon to talk to the separatists. In addition, the separatists enjoy support from officers in the Nigerian Army, who have helped arrange arms deals for them.
The Interim Government of Ambazonia is the provisional government in exile of the internationally unrecognized Federal Republic of Ambazonia.
The Ambazonia Governing Council (AGovC) is an Ambazonian political organization. The AGovC has been known as "hardline" compared to other major Ambazonian separatist movements, and unwilling to engage with federalists. Starting off with a complicated relationship with the larger Interim Government of Ambazonia (IG), following the 2019 Ambazonian leadership crisis, the AGovC officially allied itself to the faction of the IG loyal to the first President of Ambazonia, Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe.
The Southern Cameroons Defence Forces 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, and its ground forces were commanded by General Andrew Ngoe. Together with the Ambazonia Defence Forces, it is one of the most prominent militias fighting in the Anglophone Crisis.
The Tigers of Ambazonia (TTA) are an Ambazonian separatist militia. According to its official website, the TTA recognizes the authority of the Interim Government of Ambazonia. It is part of the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council.
The Ambazonia Self-Defence Council (ASC), also known as Ambazonia Military Council (AMC) and Ambazonia Military Forces (AMF), is an umbrella organization that consists of several militias that fight for the independence of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, including the Red Dragons, the Tigers of Ambazonia, Seven Karta, the Manyu Ghost Warriors, the Ambazonia Restoration Army, the Southern Cameroons Defence Forces, and numerous others. Collectively, these militias possibly outsize the Ambazonia Defence Forces and SOCADEF.
The Vipers are an Ambazonian separatist militia. Described as a local self-defense group, they cooperate with the larger Ambazonia Defence Forces and SOCADEF. The group was founded early in the Anglophone Crisis, and by December 2017 they commanded between ten and 30 fighters.
Seven Karta is an Ambazonian separatist militia that is part of the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council. It was led by "General Alhaji" until his death in May 2020.
Ambaland Forces are an Ambazonian separatist militia. As of July 2018, it was described as a small "self-defense" group consisting of between 10 and 30 fighters. They tend to cooperate with larger militias, such as the Ambazonia Defence Forces, Southern Cameroons Defence Forces and the Tigers of Ambazonia.
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.
The Ambazonian leadership crisis is an ongoing internal conflict within the Interim Government of Ambazonia. The crisis started on May 2, 2019, when a document signed by the first president of Ambazonia, Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe, acting from detention in Yaounde and in contact with Cameroon interior ministry officials, declared the dissolution of the cabinet of interim president Samuel Ikome Sako and restored its predecessor led by Ayuk himself. The move surprisingly sidelined the outcome of the election of interim president Sako in an expanded electoral college on 4 February 2018, combining the predecessor cabinet, country and regional representatives of Ambazonia.
This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis during 2020.
This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis during 2021.
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