Communications Minister; Tchiroma Bakary on behalf of the Cameroon government, declared in a press conference on Monday, that the government will shut down satellite television operators who host SCBC TV.
He said any cable distributor which hosts the channel or airs any of its programs will be shut down, their equipment seized and legal actions taken against them.
Southern Cameroons Broadcasting Corporation(SCBC) TV is a pro-secession TV channel created by Southern Cameroon activists. The channel was banned in Cameroon, January 2017, meanwhile it was launched four months later, on May 6th 2017.
The channel broadcasts political programs designed to advocate for the separation of the Southern Part of Cameroon(North West and South West regions), from the Northern part. They refer to the North West and South West regions as 'Ambazonia', use the 'Ambazonia flag' and broadcast via satellite, social media and a designated website.
Source: africanews.com
