Southern Cameroons Defence Forces

Southern Cameroons Defence Forces
LeadersEbenezer Akwanga[1][2]
Dates of operation2017 – present
Active regionsMeme and Fako
IdeologyAmbazonian separatism
Sizec. 400–500 (2019)[2]
Part of Ambazonia
Opponents Cameroon
Battles and warsAnglophone Crisis

The Southern Cameroons Defence Forces (commonly referred to as SOCADEF) is the armed wing of the African People's Liberation Movement, an Ambazonian separatist movement. It is led by Ebenezer Akwanga,[3] who is based in the United States,[4] Together with the Ambazonia Defence Forces, it was one of the most prominent militias fighting in the early Anglophone Crisis.[1] It is mainly active in Meme[5] and Fako.[6]

  1. ^ a b Who are Cameroon's English-speaking separatists?, Daily Nation, Feb 20, 2018. Accessed Apr 22, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: How to Get to Talks?, Crisis Group, May 2, 2019. Accessed May 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Au Cameroun anglophone, de nombreuses divisions fragmentent les séparatistes". L'Express. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  4. ^ Cameroon: Tumi’s AGC begins consulting with Ambazonia separatists, Journal du Cameroun, Feb 4, 2019. Accessed Mar 10, 2019.
  5. ^ HRW 2018, pp. 20–21.
  6. ^ Mark Bareta (30 June 2021). "Breaking News – "general Opopo" of SOCADEF killed by Sako's Mountain Lion". Bareta News. Retrieved 8 November 2023.