SOS FROM THE PEOPLE OF CAMEROON.

(video & Text)

To Leaders: Trump, Putin, Xi, Modi, Starmer, Lula, Merz, Meloni, Erdoğan, MBS, Macron, Tchiroma, and Biya
A CRY FOR FREEDOM AND TRUTH ABOUT CAMEROON’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF OCTOBER 12, 2025.

Dr. Ernest Simo issues an urgent appeal to world leaders, the African Union, and the United
Nations. He calls on the international community to stand with the people of Cameroon as they
challenge a regime that has endured for forty-three years. Driven by a determined youth and a deep
longing for change, Cameroonians are now demanding stability, dignity, and a truly democratic
future in their country.
Summary: An open letter published today calls on the international community to pay attention
to the political crisis unfolding in Cameroon following the presidential election of October 12, 2025.
Preliminary results from polling stations show a clear lead for the opposition in twenty key
departments that account for over 80 percent of the country’s electorate. However, the official
proclamation of results has been delayed by fifteen days under tailor-made laws designed to favor
the incumbent president — now ninety-two years old — who is seeking an eighth consecutive term
in office.
In this appeal, Dr. Ernest Simo, a Cameroon-born scientist based in Washington, describes a nation
divided: golden palaces for a few, and swamps of poverty, repression, and despair for the many.
Millions of citizens live without hope, trapped in chronic poverty and fear, while a small elite
monopolizes power and the country’s wealth. He urges world leaders to listen to Cameroon’s new
generation of young voters, who have risen in great numbers to demand change, justice, and dignity
in their homeland.
The letter frames Cameroon’s situation as an international moral responsibility. It calls on the
country’s partners and allies to build genuine partnerships with the peoples of Africa, rather than
perpetuate alliances with aging, disconnected autocracies disguised as democracies. The text
concludes with a powerful call for solidarity: “With your support, Cameroonians will stand tall:
not as subjects, nor to sing endless praises to one man or one regime, but as a free people,
ready to reach across continents and weave truly fruitful partnerships for a better future
for all. The people of Cameroon, along with generations yet to come, will be profoundly and
eternally grateful for your action, and for your resolve to stand with them.”
OPEN LETTER — October 20, 2025
To the Presidents: Trump, Putin, Xi, Lula, Erdoğan, and Macron;
To the Prime Ministers: Modi, Starmer, and Meloni;
To the Crown Prince: Mohammed bin Salman;
To the Chancellor: Merz;
To the Cameroonian Leaders: Tchiroma and Biya;
To the United Nations Security Council,
To the Member States of the Commonwealth, the African Union, and the European Union.

1. The Call: Cameroon held its presidential election on October 12, 2025, with the official
   announcement of results expected no later than October 27. Early tallies from polling stations show
   a clear and overwhelming lead for the opposition, the true voice of the People, against a leader who
   has ruled the country for forty-three years. At ninety-two, he is seeking an eighth consecutive term
   amid a wave of national fatigue and a deep, undeniable yearning for change.
   The regime plans to publish the results toward the end of the month, taking advantage of a twoweek
   window to manipulate the figures to its benefit. The Constitutional Council, composed of
   eleven members, all appointed by the incumbent president, is tasked with validating the outcome,
   thus playing both the role of opponent and referee. It is a familiar script, one that has already been
   used to erase the People’s will in 1992 and again in 2018.
2. What Has Changed: This time, it is the people themselves who have changed. In just twenty
   years, Cameroon’s population has doubled — from fifteen to more than thirty million — and the
   vast majority are under thirty. Their parents were a lost generation, deprived of opportunity in a
   country rich with oil, bauxite, cobalt, gold, timber, cocoa, coffee, cotton, and countless other
   resources. Today’s youth, connected to the world and driven by hope, have risen to say, “enough.”
   They are educated, hardworking, and fully aware of their power. They voted not out of fear, but out
   of conviction. Their message is clear and powerful: they seek no privilege, only a fair chance — the
   right to live, to dream, and to build a dignified future in their own country.
3. The Tale of Two Realities: For decades, two worlds have coexisted within a single nation.
   In the first, a few hundred families live behind high walls, traveling abroad for healthcare or leisure,
   and treating the state resources as their private property. In the second, thirty million citizens
   struggle each day without clean water, reliable electricity, or access to basic medical care. Those in
   power have long spoken of law, democracy, opportunity, and progress — yet these words and
   ideals apply only to their inner circle. For the majority of Cameroonians, those same words now
   mean something else entirely: marginalization, corruption, repression, and despair.
4. The Roof That Flew Away: Imagine a family in 1982, living beneath a corrugated metal roof and
   believing in the promise of independence. But with each passing year, another sheet of that roof is
   torn away — carried off by the winds of unemployment, the storm of inflation, and the crushing
   weight of repression and despair. Forty-three years later, the roof is nothing but a memory. The
   sky has become their only shelter — a silent witness to a promise that has long since vanished.
   Millions of families now live exposed to the elements: their homes have become open-air prisons
   for some, and a living hell for others. Meanwhile, vast quantities of resources, from oil to cotton,
   are siphoned away and leave the country every single day, without identity, without passport,
   without visa, and without a sound, slipping beyond the people’s gaze into the depths and silence of
   the night. Cameroon is not an isolated bubble; it is an integral part of the global ecosystem;
   So when the voice of a nation is silenced, its echo inevitably resounds far beyond its borders.
   What is happening in Cameroon extends beyond its borders and the peoples of the land count on
   you, as their ally.
5. The Moral and Strategic Argument: History’s brightest moments have emerged when nations
   stood together to defend justice for the powerless — as they did during the Second World War.
   Supporting the people of Cameroon is not an act of charity; it is an act of wisdom and moral clarity.
   A free and stable Cameroon will no longer be a private treasure plundered by a few hundred
   individuals at the expense of thirty million citizens, but a reliable and lasting economic partner: a
   pillar of regional stability and a bridge toward balanced cooperation across Africa. When a People
   regain their dignity, they invest in peace; when they are silenced, instability takes root. The choice
   before the world today is not only about Cameroon’s future: it is also about the moral direction of
   our shared humanity.
6. A Final Appeal: For six centuries, the people of Cameroon have endured slavery, tribal wars,
   and the harshest forms of colonization — first direct, then indirect. Today, they ask for only one
   thing: the right to breathe, to build, and to belong fully to the community of the world’s free peoples.
   With your humanity, your recognition, and your solidarity, they can rise from the swamps of
   hardship and despair to stand once more on the solid ground of dignity. The time has come to hear
   their voice and to honor their vote. With your support, Cameroonians will stand tall — not as
   subjects, nor to sing endless praises to one man or one regime, but as a free people, ready to reach
   across continents and weave truly fruitful partnerships for a better future for all. The people of
   Cameroon, along with generations yet to come, will be profoundly and eternally grateful for your
   action, and for your resolve to stand with them.
7. 
   Dr. Ernest Simo
   Scientist – Washington, D.C., United States
   Contact: Email: drsimo@gmail.com
   Copies sent to the respective embassies in Cameroon, to the European Union, the African Union, and the
   United Nations Security Council, New York, NY.