Anglophone crisis: More SCNC activists, youths go underground for allegedly siding with separatists

BY ERNESTINE NGUM More and more Southern Cameroons National Council, SCNC, activists and youths within the crisis-stricken Anglophone regions of Cameroon have resorted to going underground after surviving arrest and torture from the military for allegedly collaborating with separatist fighters, commonly known as “Amba Boys”. The Amba Boys are fighting for the restoration of the independence of the statehood of former British Southern Cameroons, which they have christened Ambazonia. The crisis, which started in 2016 with a strike by Common Law lawyers and Anglophone teachers against marginalization, has transformed into an armed conflict with Anglophones from all walks of life,…