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The Death of Hope: How the SDF Sold Its Soul and Died Before Its Chairman

The final question now hangs permanently over Cameroon’s political history Who died first — Fru Ndi or the SDF? For many former supporters, the answer is clear. The SDF died long before its Chairman. And Ni John Fru Ndi simply lived long enough to witness the funeral of the movement that once changed history. By

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Commentary

The Philipson Report: The Document That Betrayed Southern Cameroons, Britain’s Own Economic Findings Confirmed Viability — But Independence Was Never Allowed

Today, the Philipson Report remains preserved within the The National Archives under reference CO 554/1602. More than 300 pages long, it survives as one of the most politically explosive colonial-era documents relating to the Southern Cameroons question. Not because it contains radical ideology. Not because it advocates separatism. But because it reveals something far more

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City of London, Global Power, and the New Nationalist Order: Is the Anglo-American System Facing a Geopolitical Reckoning? From offshore finance and Greenland to Ambazonia and the Strait of Hormuz, the struggle over sovereignty is reshaping the Western world itself.

The great geopolitical reckoning now underway may ultimately determine not only the future of London, Washington, Canada, Greenland, or the Strait of Hormuz. It may also determine whether the twenty-first century continues preserving old imperial financial architectures — or finally opens space for new sovereignties to emerge. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News The

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How China Built a New World to Escape America’s Invisible Empire: The story of how Beijing slowly realized that roads, ports, railways, and digital networks could become weapons against American global dominance.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative emerged because Beijing no longer trusted a world where nearly every major global artery passed through systems controlled by the United States. So China began building another world alongside the old one. A world of alternative trade routes. Alternative partnerships. Alternative technology. Alternative finance. Alternative logistics. Alternative influence. By Ali

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Communique

Hard work pays: The Independentist News Guest editor Timothy Enongene, gets promoted.

THE INDEPENDENTIST NEWSOffice of the Editor-in-Chief May 27, 2026 OFFICIAL LETTER OF PROMOTION Subject: Promotion of Mr. Timothy Enongene to Associate Editor-in-Chief Dear Mr. Timothy Enongene, On behalf of the Editorial Board and leadership of The Independentist News, it gives us great pleasure to formally announce your promotion from Guest Editor-in-Chief to Associate Editor-in-Chief of

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Commentary

The Ndzerem-Nyam Massacre: How the Junta Created the ADF/Unity Warrior Monster to Destroy Bui

When armed movements lose discipline, civilians suffer. When states weaponise fear, civilians suffer. When propaganda replaces truth, civilians suffer. And when communities become battlefields for competing narratives and power struggles, entire regions risk political collapse. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News The Horror at Ndzerem-Nyam BUI – May 27, 2026 – On Sunday, April

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Southern Cameroons the Case of Incomplete Decolonisation: How the collapse of the British Empire, the rise of the postwar financial order, and Cold War geopolitics left the people of Southern Cameroons trapped in an unresolved decolonisation process

The Southern Cameroons became one of those forgotten territories — a people caught between collapsing empires, postwar financial restructuring, Cold War strategy, and incomplete constitutional arrangements. More than six decades later, the consequences remain unresolved. For that reason, many continue to describe the Southern Cameroons case not simply as a political dispute, but as one

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The Illusion of Reform: Yaoundé Still Governs Like Ambazonia Does Not Exist

The world is changing. Africa is changing. The language of sovereignty is changing. And whether one supports Ambazonian independence or not, one fact is becoming increasingly difficult to deny: Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) is no longer being viewed merely as a rebellious province. It is increasingly understood as a potential state. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The

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News commentary

The Musk Dilemma: How Europe Discovered Its Dependence on American Tech Power

The Musk phenomenon therefore represents something larger than one billionaire entrepreneur. It represents the emergence of a new geopolitical era where: orbital systems rival navies, algorithms rival bureaucracies, digital platforms rival broadcasters, and private technological infrastructure increasingly rivals state capacity itself. By Timothy Enongene, Associate Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News For decades, the European Union projected

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Editorial commentary

Even the Doves Refused the Performance: Yaoundé’s Peace Theatre Meets Reality

The state wants the optics of unity without addressing the fracture beneath it. It wants emotional symbolism without political accountability. It wants the image of reconciliation without the difficult concessions reconciliation demands. And perhaps that is why the doves stayed behind. Because even they understood that peace cannot fly where truth is still grounded. By

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