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WHEN RELIGION BETRAYS ETHICS Part II: The Cameroonian and Ambazonian Reckoning Political Accommodation, Religious Wealth, Traditional Spiritual Revival, and a New Ethical Economy of Trust

To connect with God is not merely to attend more services, donate more money, or repeat more religious language. It is to become

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WHEN THE PEOPLE BECOME THE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE NETWORK Part IV: When the People Become the Intelligence Network From the Sahel and Senegal to the Takembeng Wall Around John Fru Ndi

The peoples of the Sahel understood part of it when they began questioning foreign arrangements that appeared incapable of delivering security or sovereignty.

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WHO IS “MONSIEUR AFRIQUE”? Arnaud Suquet and the Reinvention of French Power on a Changing Continent. A Portrait of France’s New Man for Africa

France now speaks of listening, humility, partnership and reciprocity. Its representatives engage youth groups, entrepreneurs, artists, academics and technology leaders. They increasingly operate

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THE PRODUCTIVE REPUBLIC SERIES Part III: Who Benefits from Bamenda’s Economy?The Main Market, Colonial Extraction, Public Assets, and the Struggle to Restore Economic Power to the People

Bamenda’s recovery cannot be measured only by reconstructed buildings, reopened roads, new power lines, rehabilitated markets, or recommissioned machinery. It must also recover

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THE PRODUCTIVE REPUBLIC SERIES Part II: From Bamenda to National Productive Sovereignty, How the Sako Administration Could Reduce the Costs of Money, Energy, Labor, Transportation, and Institutional Uncertainty

The Sako administration should therefore evaluate and reduce the cost of money, the effective cost of reliable energy, the cost of transportation, and

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How the Sako Administration Can Restore Power, Protect Enterprise, Strengthen Healthcare, and Jump-Start the Highland Economy

Bamenda must no longer be viewed only as a conflict-affected city, a political stronghold, or a large marketplace. It must become a national

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WHEN THE PEOPLE BECOME THE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE NETWORK Part III: Ambazonia’s Costly Education in Infiltration, From Fragmented Movements and the Nera Ten to the Unanswered Questions of Political Money

Ambazonia has learned that a leader can be captured, a faction can be manipulated and money can become a weapon. It must now

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WHEN RELIGION BETRAYS ETHICS Part I: The Emptying Churches of the West, How Institutional Christianity Lost Moral Authority, Prosperity Preachers Commercialized God, and Spirituality Rose from the Ruins

The rise of spirituality, agnosticism, atheism, and religious non-affiliation should therefore be understood as a warning. Where religion refuses reform, people will seek

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WHEN THE PEOPLE BECOME THE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE NETWORK (Part II) The Hidden Architecture of Foreign Influence How Money, Education, Professional Networks and Cultural Diplomacy Shape Political Loyalty

The old empires no longer need to rule every territory directly. They can influence the people who regulate its resources, educate its elites,

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THE OLD EMPIRES CLOSE RANKS Part I: How Britain and France Are Rebuilding Their African Influence as America Redraws the Global Order

The new French roadmap is becoming increasingly clear. France is not abandoning Africa. It is changing direction, language and method. After suffering political

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