Southern Cameroons National Council
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The Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) is a self determination
organisation seeking the independence of the anglophone
Southern Cameroons
from the francophone
Republic of Cameroon
(La République de Cameroun). It is a non-violent organisation, and its motto is "The force of argument, not the argument of force." The current chairman is Chief Ayamba Ette Otun. Because the SCNC advocates separation from francophone Cameroon, it has been declared an illegal organization by the government of Paul Biya
. Security forces regularly interrupt SCNC meetings, arresting members and typically detaining them for several days before release.
In 2001 a group of exile-SCNC-members founded a so called "South Cameroon's Embassy" in the German town of Frankfurt
. The leader of the group asked for a German military intervention - because "Germany knows the country very well!
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Self-determination
Self-determination is the principle in international law that nations have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or external interference...
organisation seeking the independence of the anglophone
English-speaking world
The English-speaking world consists of those countries or regions that use the English language to one degree or another. For more information, please see:Lists:* List of countries by English-speaking population...
Southern Cameroons
Southern Cameroons
Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British Mandate territory of Cameroons in West Africa. Since 1961 it is part of the Republic of Cameroon, where it makes up the Northwest Province and Southwest Province...
from the francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
Republic of Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
(La République de Cameroun). It is a non-violent organisation, and its motto is "The force of argument, not the argument of force." The current chairman is Chief Ayamba Ette Otun. Because the SCNC advocates separation from francophone Cameroon, it has been declared an illegal organization by the government of Paul Biya
Paul Biya
Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1968 to 1975 and then as Prime...
. Security forces regularly interrupt SCNC meetings, arresting members and typically detaining them for several days before release.
In 2001 a group of exile-SCNC-members founded a so called "South Cameroon's Embassy" in the German town of Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
. The leader of the group asked for a German military intervention - because "Germany knows the country very well!
Kamerun
German Cameroon was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.-History:-1800s:...
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