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The protests began on October 6, 2016 as a sit-down strike initiated by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium (CACSC), an organization consisting of lawyer and teacher trade unions from the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.
Researcher Rogers Orock argued that the immediate cause of the Anglophone Crisis was the Cameroonian government's violent suppression of the peaceful 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests. [40] This view was mirrored by Felix Agbor Nkongho, a human rights lawyer and member of the outlawed Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium (CACSC).
An anglophone Cameroonian is widely regarded as anyone who has lived in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, who has received an education from institutions modeled on the British system of education and law. The two English-speaking regions of Cameroon make up 17% of a population of 17 million (2005). [2]
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. [ 1 ]
The Anglophone problem (French: problème anglophone) is a socio-political issue in the modern Republic of Cameroon, rooted in the country's German, British, and French colonial legacies. Anglophone (English-speaking) Cameroonians form a minority population of around 16 percent, mainly from the Northwest and Southwest regions that formerly ...
On September 10, 2019, President of Cameroon Paul Biya announced in a televised speech that a "grand national dialogue" would take place before the end of the month. The dialogue would take place "within the context of the constitution", hence ruling out Ambazonian independence, and would include the Anglophone Cameroonian diaspora.
CentreLeftRight: "Anglophone Crisis" is the most commonly used name of this conflict, i.e. a proper name. "Anglophone crisis" can refer to the concept of an Anglophone crisis, i.e. any crisis involving Anglophones. Military conflicts are commonly capitalized (see Suez Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, Syrian Civil War, etc.) I think the page should ...
Anglophone Crisis 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 .