By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief
What was branded as a peace initiative—the so-called “Canadian Talks”—turned out to be a calculated disaster. Marketed as a diplomatic effort to bring an end to the armed conflict in Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia), the Canadian Talks instead became a covert mission orchestrated to dismantle the legitimate government of Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako and neutralize the resistance movement on the ground.
As the dust has settled, many now see the operation for what it was: a deliberate betrayal by a coalition of clergy, civil society, and some members of the diaspora, all reportedly acting either wittingly or unwittingly as instruments of La République du Cameroun’s divide-and-conquer strategy.
A Covert Plan to Sabotage
According to credible sources close to the matter, La République du Cameroun, under the guise of seeking peace, handed out large sums of money as a first installment to certain Ambazonian individuals and delegations who attended the Canadian Talks.
*The condition*
To persuade or coerce fighters under their influence to lay down arms, join the DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration) centers, and ultimately dismantle the resistance.
These emissaries of betrayal, armed with promises of jobs, general amnesty, and prisoner releases, returned not as liberators but as proxies of the enemy. Their job was clear:
Terminate Monday ghost towns
Demobilize self-defense units
Disband the Ambazonian governing structure
Erase the dream of sovereignty by denouncing symbols like the Ambazonian flag
Lure refugees back into hostile territory under false assurances
Some of them, once loud voices of resistance, began declaring that there was “no country like Ambazonia,” as was shamelessly stated by Chris Anu shortly after the Canadian encounter.
This marked a drastic departure from prior positions and aligned eerily with the goals of the oppressor.
*Ghana: A Follow-Up to Betrayal*
The Ghanaian Conference that followed was not a peace-building summit, but a strategic debrief. It served as a monitoring mechanism to assess how far the damage initiated in Canada had advanced.
Were the fighters retreating? Was the government of Dr. Sako sufficiently delegitimized? Were ghost towns collapsing? These were the real questions lurking beneath the surface of lofty peace declarations.
Silence and Secrecy
Curiously, those who attended the Canadian Talks never returned to brief the Ambazonian public, despite promising to do so.
Why? Because the truth of what transpired in those closed-door meetings would have sparked mass outrage and immediate rejection. Instead, silence was maintained—on advice from their benefactors.
Let it be known: only the legitimate Government under Dr. Sako had the foresight and integrity to decipher and expose this deception.
Through strategic intelligence and resolute leadership, Dr. Sako’s administration refused to be drawn into the trap.
A Call to Truth and Transparency
We now challenge all those who were involved in the Canadian Talks to publicly dispute these claims.
If they are not complicit, let them release the documents they signed. Let them publish the agreements and allow the Ambazonian people to be the judges.
Anything short of full transparency will only validate what the people already suspect: that they sold out the revolution.
History will not forget this betrayal, but neither will it forget the resilience of those who refused to bend. The blood of our fallen heroes shall not be in vain.
Ambazonia shall rise—not through deceptive peace conferences, but through truth, justice, and the unyielding will of a people determined to be free.
— Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief
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