Only recently, the world saw Africa — led by South Africa and supported by other states — take a principled stand for Palestine. That recognition was more than symbolic; it was a declaration that Africa’s moral voice still matters in the world.
Subject: If Africa Can Recognise Palestine, Why Not Ambazonia? A Call to Protect the Weak Among Us
Friday, September 26th, 2025
Excellencies,
We write to you not as distant spectators, but as sons and daughters of Africa living in the diaspora. We carry the heritage of the continent in our hearts, and we watch with pride whenever Africa rises to defend justice on the global stage.
Only recently, the world saw Africa — led by South Africa and supported by other states — take a principled stand for Palestine. That recognition was more than symbolic; it was a declaration that Africa’s moral voice still matters in the world.
We also celebrate the bold voices of other African states. Burkina Faso and Kenya are calling for open borders, a vision of a united continent without walls. Ghana has demanded that the United Nations recognize the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, while at the same time welcoming back Africans taken against their will to the New World and beyond. These are noble and historic endeavors that speak to Africa’s quest for dignity and unity.
But as the Bible reminds us, caring for the sick must come first. And today, the sick one on our continent is Ambazonia.
For too long, the people of Ambazonia (the former British Southern Cameroons) have suffered systematic oppression, massacres, displacement, and acts of genocide under La République du Cameroun. Thousands have been killed, millions displaced, schools shut down, villages burned, and entire communities forced into exile. As Africans in the diaspora, we hear these cries, and we cannot remain silent.
Africa cannot build a future of dignity by ignoring injustice within its own house. To celebrate sovereignty abroad while permitting genocide at home is hypocrisy. To champion Palestine while refusing to protect Ambazonia is selective solidarity. A strong continent protects its weak — it does not abandon them.
We therefore call upon the African Union and all Heads of State to:
Acknowledge Ambazonia’s case as an unfinished decolonisation process and treat it with the same urgency and seriousness afforded to Palestine.
Send an AU fact-finding mission to the territory to document atrocities and recommend protective action.
Table a resolution at the AU Summit urging the United Nations to address Ambazonia’s unresolved status.
Prepare the ground for recognition of Ambazonia’s sovereignty as a response to genocide and to align with Africa’s own principles of self-determination.
Excellencies, history will not be kind to silence. The diaspora will continue to speak, to organise, and to remind Africa that no amount of speeches in New York can substitute for courage in Buea, Bamenda, or Mamfe.
Palestine has shown us what is possible when Africa acts with moral clarity. Let Ambazonia be the proof that Africans will no longer abandon Africans to their oppressors.
With respect but with urgency,
Ambazonia Global Alliance
Representing Africans in the Diaspora
Justice for One African Nation is Justice for All.
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