Cameroun: La Dénonciation Civique Cruciale Pour la Sécurité Nationale

• Captain Atonfack Guemo's editorial advocates for collective citizen denunciation in Cameroon to combat insecurity.
• The strategy aims to address persistent fear, widespread banditry, and a resurgence of domestic violence.
• While terrorism and separatism are weakening, their diffuse presence continues to instill fear through psychological operations targeting vulnerable communities.
• Past patriotic efforts by populations in the Far North, Northwest, and Southwest regions have significantly reduced terrorist activities.
• Identifying perpetrators, even among friends or family, is deemed crucial for dismantling terror and ensuring national peace.

Breaking the wall of silence through citizen denunciation is now presented as the ultimate defense to safeguard national peace.

An editorial penned by Captain Atonfack Guemo on Saturday, November 7, 2026, highlights the critical role of collective citizen denunciation in Cameroon's ongoing struggle for national security. The piece argues that as the threats of terrorism and separatism diminish in the Far North, Northwest, and Southwest regions, a decisive phase of patriotic engagement by the populace is now underway. To definitively eliminate pervasive fear, widespread banditry, and the alarming rise in domestic violence, breaking the prevailing silence through active citizen reporting is posited as the final bulwark for preserving national peace.

This strategy is presented as the ultimate step in the patriotic commitment embraced by residents of the Far North, Northwest, and Southwest administrative regions. These communities have endured cycles of massacres and pillaging, perpetrated by those claiming to offer liberation through oppression or enlightenment through obfuscation. The editorial emphasizes that overcoming fear, shattering the wall of silence, and ultimately living peacefully from one's labor are the core objectives of this renewed civic engagement.

The formidable physical and moral resistance mounted by these intrepid compatriots has successfully compelled the enemy to adopt a lower profile, thereby reducing the scope of their ambitions and exposing their true predatory nature. This collective effort has resulted in a noticeable decrease in terrorist acts across the territory. However, the enemy's adaptable and elusive character makes definitive identification challenging, allowing terrorism to persist in a diffuse, vegetative state, relying on a pervasive sense of fear to maintain its insidious grip on the population.

Acts of pure violence perpetrated by these groups are now characterized as psychological operations or

The editorial asserts that the criminal activities of Boko Haram and ISWAP, alongside Ambazonian gangsterism, have been exposed and are nearing their end. While their demise may be slow and marked by brutal spasms, their ultimate disappearance is deemed certain and inevitable. This period is also crucial for guarding against opportunistic threats that emerge from these terrorist elements, including grand banditry in commercial areas, as well as homicides, femicides, and infanticides within family homes—acts described as strange and diabolical expressions of love that result in death.

To dismantle the foundations of terror, it is imperative to identify and name every malevolent individual. The act of denouncing even a friend or family member who perpetrates oppression is presented as a vital step in shaking the very roots of terror, ensuring they eventually collapse. Breaking the wall of silence through citizen denunciation is now presented as the ultimate defense to safeguard national peace.

Source: Original reporting via Captain Atonfack Guemo's editorial