Sovereignty is a touchy thing. Just ask all those "nations" that don't have it. Kosovo is dealing with it, Somalia, Quebec, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the list goes on. But what to do about an on-going problem in a small African country that has been called a microcosm of Africa: Cameroon?
For many years, a small but vocal group of anglophones has been calling for the succession of the "Southern Cameroons". Should the Southern Cameroons be granted independence from francophone Cameroon or should federalism be re-instituted, or should there be a UN presence like in Kosovo? Only one African country has successfully won independence: Eritrea from Ethiopia. Will the Southern Cameroons be next?
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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independence for southern cameroons is not a begging thing its abirth right. southern cameroons had been independent before joining french cameroun .
only be came annexed as its province instead of an autonous country in a federal unietd cameroun as was agreed in 1961. any way, they exist no union treaty between the two. as such cameroun just like any country with an armed force, is simply using its arms to suppress and rule s.cameroons by force. whether its like it or not. if s.cameroons was armed then camerouns and s.cameroons would be peacefully co-existing as two diffferent caountries. in west africa.
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