- Ambazonia
Ambazonia or Ambazania is the name given to the
Southern Cameroons by organisations that struggle for the dissolution of the 1961 union of the Southern Cameroons withCameroun .The "Republic of Ambazonia" was declared by the
Southern Cameroons National Council (SCAC) as an independent state on31 December 1999 . This declaration has not been recognised by other countries or by theUnited Nations (UN). The area remains under the control of the Republic of Cameroon. Southern Cameroonians in exile formed the Ambazonia Liberation Party (ALIP) in July 2004. [ [http://www.postnewsline.com/2004/07/strongambazonia.html "Ambazonia Political Party Formed". The Post Online] ] In 2005 the Southern Cameroons / Republic of Ambazonia became a member of theUnrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO). On31 August 2006 the independence of the "Republic of Ambazania", to include the disputed territory ofBakassi was formally proclaimed by the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organisation (SCAPO). [ [http://www.ambazania.org/1024_768/input/SCAPOFormallyProclaimstheRepublicofAmbazania.pdf The Proclamation of the Independence of the Republic of Ambazania] ]It has a land size of 43,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 6 million people. It is thus slightly larger than the
Netherlands , ranked the 131st largest country and has about as many inhabitants asParaguay , the world's 100th largest country in terms of population. (In other terms, Ambazonia is more populous than at least 60 UN and 18African Union (AU) Member States, and is larger in area than at least 30 UN and 12 AU Member States.) If independent, Ambazonia would share maritime boundaries withNigeria , the Republic of Cameroon andEquatorial Guinea .References
External links
* [http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/CMR03002.htm INS Resource Information Center document on "Ambazonia"]
* [http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/ Ambazonia on Indymedia]
* [http://www.freeambazonia.org/ Free Ambazonia]
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