dakar once-fringe separatist movement cameroon anglophone regions gain grind year state repression undermine moderate voice raise concern majority french-speaking nation may face prolong period violence soldier shoot dead least eight people wound others two english-speaking regions sunday anniversary anglophone cameroon independence britain amnesty international say monday least 17 people die clash grow influence separatists include arm radical elements one serious threats stability central african oil producer since president paul biya take power 35 years ago last year separatists rally people streets people see family members arrest kill switch say tapang ivo tanku anglophone activist base unite state like many moderate say marginalize biya francophone-dominated government tanku campaign peaceful solution two-state federation one french speak anglophone one president minority tell reuters new york strife begin november english-speaking teachers lawyers northwest southwest regions frustrate work french take streets call reform great autonomy six people kill protest months follow government deploy thousands police elite soldier implement blanket internet blackout arrest dozens activists dub terrorists thousands protest sunday around country long call reform separate state cameroon nearly five million english speakers tell problems respond force kill us say young student bamenda one large anglophone cities need country true size influence movement remain hard gauge many leaders jail exile unclear strong alliances multitude factions compete visions achieve goals analysts believe split imminent doubt separatists popularity ability stir turmoil grow however separatists tell reuters responsible improvise bomb last month wound three policemen bamenda nothing great achieve use verbal excesses street violence defy authority last solutions problems find peaceful dialogue biya say statement twitter follow sunday violence uprise biafran separatists neighbor nigeria 1960s spark civil war kill around million root divisions go back century league nations decision split former german colony kamerun ally french british victors end world war one french cameroons gain independence 1960 british cameroons vote 1961 reunite federal government federation abandon decade late however referendum anglophones consider sham separatist movement exist decades underground activists sometimes communicate pass note bus drivers go different towns simmer never gain widespread popular support southern cameroons political activist mark bareta say government arrest key organizers january february push independent separatist coalitions many run diaspora cameroonians together form southern cameroons ambazonia consortium unite front scacuf scacuf group busily lay groundwork new state coordinate protest gain support grind case orchestrate violent attack print thousands light blue passports ambazonia anglophones aspirational independent homeland design currency write national anthem five members tell reuters may set satellite television network southern cameroons broadcast corporation reach 500,000 people say scbc board member derric ndim satellite transmission affect government-enforced internet cut say work make new country ready say nigeria-based julius ayuk tabe chairman govern council ambazonia spearhead movement cry people get loud state crackdown fuel independence push anglophone cameroon