The Southern Cameroons Liberation Council (SCLC) is an

Ambazonia Ambazonia, officially the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, also referred to as Amba Land, is an unrecognised breakaway state in West Africa which claims the Northwest Region and Southwest Region of Cameroon, though it currently controls almost ...

n umbrella movement, aiming to unite all Anglophone groups on a common front. As of April 2019, it consists of seven movements.

Foundation

The SCLC was established at the All Southern Cameroons People's General Conference in

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The conference was open to both separatists and federalists, and was attended by the

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, the

Southern Cameroons National Council The Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) is a political organisation seeking the independence of the former anglophone Southern Cameroons from the predominantly francophone Republic of Cameroon (République du Cameroun). It is a non-v ...

, Southern Cameroons Civil Society Consortium, Republic of Ambazonia, the

African People's Liberation Movement The African People's Liberation Movement (APLM) is an Ambazonian independence movement. It is the successor movement of the Southern Cameroons Youth League, with which it shares an almost identical logo. It is led by chairman Ebenezer Akwanga, wh ...

and MoRISC. The

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did not participate in the conference, with its leader

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describing the organizers as "enablers".

History

One of its first actions was to declare an early end to a lockdown in

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, citing how it mainly affected civilians. However, the

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, the armed wing of the

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, challenged the decision, claiming that the SCLC did not have the authority to call off the lockdown. The SCLC dismissed the Major National Dialogue as insincere.Biya’s ‘dialogue’ for Cameroon crisis runs into questions, rejection
Journal du Cameroun, Sep 11, 2019. Accessed Sep 12, 2019.

References

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