the meaning of scnc in cameroon is southern cameroons national council.
what is the meaning of scnc in cameroon?
southern cameroons national council
in 1995, the scnc rose to political prominence with a host of efforts to push for secession of the anglophone southern cameroons from the country of cameroon. the government of cameroon was finishing its application to join the commonwealth of nations and the scnc organized a number of publicity activities to oppose this inclusion. in august 1995, the scnc petitioned the un to intervene and mediate between them and the government of cameroon warning that a lack of intervention would create "another somalia". in october 1995, the scnc publicized a plan schedule of work for an eventual declaration of independence. these political activities resulted in significant disruption by police and security forces.
southern cameroons national council
scnc activities were routinely disrupted by police. on march 23, 1997, about ten people were killed in a raid on a gendarme camp in bamenda. the police arrested between 200 and 300 people, mostly scnc supporters, but also members of the sdf. in the subsequent trials, amnesty international and the scnc found substantive evidence of admissions through torture and force. the raid and trial resulted in a shutdown of scnc activities. in response to this, in april 1998 a small faction elected esoka ndoki mukete, a high-ranking member of the social democratic front, as the new chair of the scnc. in october 1999, when many of the accused were found guilty in the 1997 trial, the faction led by mukete became more assertive. on 1 october 1999, militants took over radio buea to proclaim the independence of southern cameroons, but failed to do so before security forces intervened. the leadership and many members of the scnc were subsequently arrested. in 2001, the scnc was officially declared illegal by the cameroonian authorities, and clashes with the police at a demonstration left several dead. in 2006, a faction of scnc once again declared the independence of ambazonia.
anglophone crisis