Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .

The Hon. Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States Tweet

Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .

The Hon. Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States Tweet
STRATEGIC PILLARS

The Coalitions's Focus Areas

In November 2020, The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations organized a virtual international conference with over 4,000 participants and viewed by tens of thousands of Southern Cameroonians. The conference ended with a series or resolutions by the people of the Southern Cameroons which has shaped the activities of the CDN. These activities are organized into the following 4 key pillars:

The Southern Cameroons

Stakeholders from the Southern Cameroons at home and abroad

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The International Community

key geopolitical and international stakeholders

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Strategic Partnerships

Stakeholders aligned to the CDN's mission, vision and success

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Media Outreach & Communication

Media stakeholders who can contribute to the CDN's mission

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The Southern Cameroons Premier E.M.L Endeley and Speaker of the House P.M Kale welcome and congratulate Dr. John Ngu Foncha as the second Prime Minister of The Southern Cameroons on January 28, 1959. The Southern Cameroons on January 24, 1959 demonstrated to the world a splendid lesson of democracy when elections organized by Premier Endeley (KNC) were marginally won by the opposition Foncha (KNDP) in the first peaceful democratic transition of power in sub-Saharan Africa from a ruling party to the opposition. Dr. Foncha with 14 deputies in The Southern Cameroons House of Assembly of 26 seats became the Premier.
HOW WE STARTED

Coming together to build Sustainable Peace

The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations (CDN) is a United States based 501(c) 3 international non-governmental organization (INGO) whose goal is to facilitate dialogue and seek a negotiated resolution and an end to the armed conflict in Cameroon. CDN is made of professionals and over 20 partner organizations worldwide advocating for an end to the civil war in Cameroon. CDN members come from all walks of life and work with CDN’s partners to strengthen international involvement in resolving the conflict and building durable peace in the conflict affected territories.
  • International pressure for a ceasefire – aggressive campaign to force a negotiated ceasefire
  • International engagement to end the Conflict – working with governments and intergovernmental organizations as facilitators to get warring parties to dialogue and agree to end the civil war.
  • Engage with international and local stakeholders for peace-building – appropriate planning and engagement is critical to post-dialogue and reconstruction efforts
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WHERE WE ARE GOING

A future of limitless possibilities

The Coalition is engaged in discussions with different stakeholders within the international, diplomatic, political, and humanitarian arenas as well as stakeholders within the Southern Cameroons community, including church leaders and civil society organizations. Going forward CDN is focused on the following priorities:

  • Organize a Leadership Retreat with strong support from the international community and at the request of 82% of 4,700 Southern Cameroonian respondents in an October 2020 survey.
  • Mobilize key stakeholders in the International Community to prioritize a mediated settlement to end the civil war as part of a broader policy in their relations with Cameroon.
  • Generate a database of Southern Cameroonian Professionals to identify and garner strategic human resources and empowerment.
  • Strengthen and expand the inter-parliamentary forum that brings more than 20 foreign parliaments as a forum to assess and engage respective governments and intergovernmental organizations to achieve a negotiated end to the conflict and contribute towards peace-building and reconciliation.
  • Strengthen media relations both at home and abroad, engage the media for reporting before, during and after the retreat, serve as a pressure mechanism to hold stakeholders accountable for their actions.
  • Engage in exploring Pathways that lead to a mediated negotiations.
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The Southern Cameroons leaders march over the Mungo River in June 1995 after returning from a UN visit to seek redress over the fate of The Southern Cameroons. Directly behind the flag are S.T Muna, Sam Ekontang Elad, Dr. john Ngu Foncha and Mola Njoh Litumbe.
STRATEGIC PILLAR ONE

The Southern Cameroons

CDN has constituted a Council of Elders following a long and thoughtful process that included a survey of Southern Cameroonians and consultations, followed by a careful selection process to respect the wishes of Southern Cameroonians and ensure representation and gender diversity.

Mola Njoh Litumbe, first Chartered Accountant from The Southern Cameroons, Moral Leader and Civil Rights Activist.

Council of Elders

CDN has constituted a new Council of Elders following a long and thoughtful process that included a survey of Southern Cameroonians, followed by a careful selection process to respect the wishes of Southern Cameroonians and ensure regional and gender diversity.
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Database of Atrocities

On February 12, 2021 the Coalition for Dialogue & Negotiation launched a new online tool and website for reporting atrocities and human rights violations in the Southern Cameroons. The goal is to collect accurate data that can be used to identify perpetrators of gross and serious human rights violations, to accurately report atrocities and crimes against humanity to seek justice for victims.
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VISIT ATROCITIES PLATFORM

Training of Women Groups on Diplomatic Communications

CDN hosted a training to build the capacity of women groups on diplomatic communications and advocacy, including oral and written briefs to diplomats as well as presenting the Southern Cameroons case to an international audience and calls to actions targeting the audience(s).
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10 Groups Trained

20 Goal

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Victims of the Ngarbuh Massacre of February 14, 2020

Humanitarian Support

CDN provides grants to humanitarian groups to carryout micro projects for refugees and IDPs as well as provide medical and farming tools to women and girls who have engaged in small scale farming. These grants contribute to alleviating the sufferings of the refugee and IDP populations forcefully displaced by the conflict.

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4 Organizations

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STRATEGIC PILLAR TWO

The International Community

The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations has contributed and stays committed to the following initiatives in the international, diplomatic and political communities:

United State Senate Resolution 684

The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiation contributed in advocating and passing of the bipartisan U.S. Senate Resolution 684 sponsored by Senator James Risch. CDN also led an information session to analyze the resolution and the potential global impact.
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2020 Initiation

2021 Completion

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Inter-Parliarmentary Forum to Support SR-684

Following the passage of Resolution 684, CDN worked with Parliamentarians of over 15 countries, including France, German, Ireland, Liberia, the Gambia, Kenya, South Africa, Canada, and others to form a global coalition of Parliaments inspired by the U.S. example. The goal of this engagement is to encourage other parliaments to pass similar resolutions or act in their respective nations within the spirit of U.S. Senate Resolution 684.
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2020 Initiation

2021 Completion

Dr. John Ngu Foncha (Premier of the Southern Cameroons) and Ahmadou Ahidjo (President of La Republique du Cameroon) at the Foumban Conference of 1961.

Roadmap to Peace in the Southern Cameroons

The Coalition in engaged with several international stakeholders. Many of these stakeholders including the Vatican, the United Nations, and other countries in Africa and beyond, have requested a road map to peace to inform their engagement. In consultation with CDN’s working groups, roadmap to peace in Southern Cameroons was developed and shared.
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Assessment and Policy Webinars

CDN has hosted webinars with representative of different parliaments including presentations to different foreign relations committee to present an assessment of the conflict and demonstrate how these assessments can be used to inform policy.
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2020 Initiated

Ongoing Goal

STRATEGIC PILLAR THREE

Strategic Partners

The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations is engaged with its network of partner in carrying out different initiatives and committed to strategic partnerships that help meet the Coalition’s goals:

Letter to US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken

On April 6, 2021 CDN and some of its partners wrote an open letter to Secretary Antony Blinken expressing grave concern on the escalating armed conflict in Cameroon. CDN’s partner NGOs, including the World Council of Churches, Presbyterian Church USA, Refugee Council of Australia, and others cosigned the letter. This letter prompted an immediate response from the National Assembly of Cameroon, signed by its members including the Bureau of the Cameroon National Assembly.
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April 2021 Started

April 2021 Complete

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Human Rights First and Targeted Sanctions for Perpetrators of Right Abuses

The Coalition is leveraging its membership and partnership with Human Rights First to advocate and make informed submissions for the imposition of sanctions to individuals and entities involve in committing serious and gross human right violations and atrocities in the armed conflict in the Southern Cameroons.
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Classified Submissions Target

Classified Submissions Goal

Engagement Meetings

The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations attends off-camera meetings with several strategic international stakeholders in different countries across the globe, including think tanks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Kenya, South Africa and a host of others. These stakeholders have direct access and play critical roles in shaping foreign policy and engagement of their governments in the armed conflict in the Southern Cameroons.
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2020 Started

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Information Hearings

At the request of international human rights and humanitarian organizations, the Coalition has attended off-camera hearings with different organizations to shed light on the escalating humanitarian and human rights situation in the Southern Cameroons. Informed by data sourced from the Coalition’s database of atrocities, CDN provides quarterly information to these stakeholders, including those within the United Nations system.
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2020 Started

Classified Target

STRATEGIC PILLAR FOUR

Media Engagement

The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations is committed to building a media network to advocate, educate, and pressure warring parties to dialogue and bring the civil war to a negotiated end:

International Media

The Coalition is engaged in providing an unbiased assessment to international media outlets including to their Cameroon correspondents to ensure an accurate assessment of the conflict is reported. CDN holds regular information and assessment meetings with reporters of international media outlets and provides real time data to inform reporting, and to counter disinformation and misinformation.
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Jan 2021 Kickoff

December 2021 Transition

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Local Media

The Coalition believes local media is critical in educating civilians, report cases of right abuses, shaping national policy responses to the armed conflict. CDN is committed to working with local media outlets and engage in ensuring robust debates and accurate reporting is done to shape national and international responses.
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Strategic Media Engagement

CDN contracted a strategic communication firm with experience in dealing with Congress and the State Department to develop a database of contacts and arrange meetings including reaching out to media correspondents attached to these institutions.
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2020 Kickoff

Ongoing

Press Briefings and Stakeholder Liaison

The Coalition believes in providing a channel for delivering clear messages and encouraging open communication with stakeholders and understands that briefings prevent rumor and the grapevine from gaining credibility. Our communications team is dedicated to informing people about CDN’s work, and also to listening and responding to questions.
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$25,270 Raised

$30,000 Goal

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WAR METRICS

The Impact of the war in the Southern Cameroons

Below are key indicators derived from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Situation Report as of June 3, 2021

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Refugees in Nigeria

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Cases of Gender-based Violence against children

"There is a significant increase in
gender-based violence impacting children"

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PESPECTIVES

At the CDN, Everyone has a right to be heard.

Genuine dialogue is key for promoting inclusivity and building a sustainable peace in the Southern Cameroons.
"I am monitoring Cameroon closely and look forward to your suggestions on how the US can continue to help support the end to the North West and South West conflict and how we can strengthen our vital economic security and bilateral partnerships."
Rep. Karen Bass
Rep. Karen BassRepresentative - US Congress
"I would encourage that this conflict be meticulously and expediently resolved to the satisfaction of the 20% minority that's aggrieved by this conflict."
H.E Amos Sawyer
H.E Amos SawyerFormer President of Liberia
"My main goal is to convince the Cameroon Government to take serious actions to resolve this crisis. Stop the military action. This should be our common goal."
Hon. Dr. Stefan Kaufmann
Hon. Dr. Stefan KaufmannMember of Germany's Bundestag
"Every Southern Cameroonian has been directly impacted by the conflict. No one has been left unscathed."
Dr. Chris Fomunyoh
Dr. Chris FomunyohSenior Associate for Africa and Regional Director at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
"When you try to state your case to someone, and they refuse to listen, then you feel pushed to the wall. We need to stop this war at all costs."
Dr. Nick Ngwanyam
Dr. Nick NgwanyamCEO, St. Louis Clinic and University
"Neither side can achieve a military solution to this conflict. The only viable path forward to a sustainable peace involves a negotiated settlement that considers the aspirations of the people of the Southern Cameroons."
Amb. Deborah Malac
Amb. Deborah MalacFormer Director of the Office of East African Affairs at the U.S. State Department
"The legacy of colonialism and all its brutality still remains. We have to end it."
Hon. Sebastien Nadot
Hon. Sebastien NadotMember of the French National Assembly
"I believe the time has come for a mediated solution to put an end to this conflict."
Amb. Herman Cohen
Amb. Herman CohenFormer US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
"In the past four years, we have been able through our tenacity to undermine Cameroon's political legitimacy in Ambazonia. We have been able to massively mobilize our people through the 13 states to respond to Cameroon's brutality."
Dr. Cho Ayaba
Dr. Cho AyabaPRESIDENT - AGovC
"There is a need for trust and accountability from all sides to negotiate in good faith, what they call "pacta sunt servanda". Your coalition says it all. It is about dialogue and negotiations. That is the path."
Amb. Liberata Mulamula
Amb. Liberata MulamulaTanzanian Diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation
"We all have a duty to ensure that peace reigns in the Southern Cameroons and that justice is done."
Barr. Felix Agbor Nkongho
Barr. Felix Agbor NkonghoFOUNDER - Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa
"We want a full account of all the Southern Cameroonians arrested and a release of all political prisoners."
Kah Walla
Kah WallaCameroonian politician, entrepreneur and social activist
"Ours is not a struggle to secede or to further divide Africa as some have argued. Rather, it is a struggle against Black on Black subjugation and annexation of a people held against their will bu their own African brothers."
Millan Atam
Millan AtamFOUNDER - SCOOP
"We need to make everybody take their responsibility to resolve the conflict in the Southern Cameroons through calling for a ceasefire, ensuring it is done and establishing a buffer zone so that a proper stocktaking of the missing and dead can be done."
Harmony Bobga
Harmony BobgaFOUNDER - Southern Cameroons Bar Foundation
"One of the biggest things we have achieved in this revolution is understanding who we are and we have instilled this into the hearts and minds of every Ambazonian."
Dabney Yerima
Dabney YerimaVice President -IGCARE
"One of the problems we have is that both sides are not speaking from the same base. No one is talking to the people. the population is silent. Completely silent."
Rebecca Enonchong
Rebecca Enonchongtechnology entrepreneuR, founder and CEO of AppsTech
"In the midst of this civil war, a huge humanitarian calamity has ensued with more that 500 villages burnt down and well over a million Southern Cameroonians displaced."
Barr. Emmanuel Ashu
Barr. Emmanuel AshuPresident - Reform Party
"There are countless number of people spread all over the jails of La Republique du Cameroun whose only crime is being born a Southern Cameroonian."
Dr. Akoh Asana
Dr. Akoh AsanaChairman - BOAMBA
"The only government that can bring an #EndAnglophoneCrisis is the United States. They are the only ones who can make this happen."
Iffat Rahman
Iffat RahmanAfrican Bar Association, Co-Director WCAPS-Canada
"The key aspirations of Southern Cameroonians is a ceasefire - but this comes as a package with amnesty."
Dr. Simon Munzu
Dr. Simon MunzuFormer United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire
"The government of Cameroon decided to declare war on the peoples of the Southern Cameroons, during what was a peaceful demonstration into an all out war which has resulted in so many casualties, massacres..."
Prof. Verkijika Fanso
Prof. Verkijika FansoProfessor of History at the University of Yaoundé I
"We have one goal: to defend the land of Ambazonia, to defend the flag of Ambazonia and to defend the people of Ambazonia. Leadership will follow when Ambazonia is free."
Vivian Mbanwie
Vivian MbanwieCHAIR - BSCRF
"We are here today because the United Nations has refused to do its job. It however packed us and presented us to the Republic of Cameroon as a gift."
John Mbah Akuro
John Mbah AkuroLeader - CONSORTIUM
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