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Residents point Accusing fingers at BIR Soldiers, over Two Civilians Killed in Ekona

The reported deaths of Larry and Ransom must not disappear into the expanding catalogue of unexplained casualties from the conflict. If the two men were unlawfully killed, their families deserve justice. If members of the security forces were responsible, those involved should be identified and subjected to an independent and credible accountability process. If a

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MUEA GUNFIRE SHATTERS YAOUNDÉ’S “WAR IS OVER” NARRATIVE

The conflict will not end because one side repeatedly announces that it has already ended. It will end when civilians are protected, political grievances are addressed, abuses are investigated, legitimate representatives can participate freely, and an enforceable settlement commands sufficient public consent. By Lester MaddoxGuest Contributor, The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns

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The President Who Looked Abroad While Cameroon Went Dark: Biya, Foreign Approval, and the Moral Exhaustion of the Commonwealth and La Francophonie

French Cameroun did not go dark because the world refused to praise its president. It went dark because the survival of the ruler became more important than the success of the nation—and foreign acceptance helped make that failure sustainable. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-chief The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying

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OSUN HAS SPOKEN: What Adeleke’s Victory Means for Nigeria and Ambazonia

The greatest victories of peoples are rarely born from the belief that victory will be easy. They are born from the conviction that justice is necessary and from the discipline required to make justice sustainable. Let Osun be the message. Let 2027 be the test. Let the people rise. Let the ballots speak. Let democracy

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THE PEOPLE FOLLOW THE CAPITAL: African Migration, Western Extraction, Foreign Infrastructure, and the Urgency of African Integration

Africa too often negotiates only to acquire finished projects and debt. That must change. When Africa negotiates as a divided collection of commodity exporters, external powers dictate the terms. When Africa integrates as a productive market, it begins writing the terms itself. When opportunity circulates where people live, migration becomes a choice. Until then, the

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Editorial commentary

THE AMBAZONIA WE MUST BUILD: Ten Foundations of a Constitutional, Productive and Polycentric Republic

As Dr. Martin S. Mungwa argues in Ambazonia 2050 & Beyond, the objective is not simply to establish another state. It is to build a constitutional, productive and polycentric republic capable of converting sovereignty into human flourishing. That is the Ambazonia we must build. The future will not build itself. We must begin building it

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Britain and the West’s Pigmentation War?From Harvard to Cambridge to the Royal Family

Britain, America, and the wider West should ask whether they have genuinely moved beyond judging human legitimacy through pigmentation, or whether they have merely learned to celebrate diversity while preserving older tests of who truly belongs. By Ali Dan Ismael and Timothy Enongene, The Independentist News editorial desk Get more books on racism from Amazon

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Spiritual commentary

POWER WITHOUT AUTHORITY IN THE CHANGING FACE OF CAMEROONIAN SPIRITUAL AWAKENING: Why Africa Needs Spiritual Transmutation

Fear can produce obedience. It cannot produce legitimacy. Different gatekeeper, same architecture, is not liberation. Africa has experienced enough power without transformation. What Africa now needs is legitimate authority—and the spiritual transmutation necessary to sustain it. By Judith Elondo, spiritual contributor, The Independentist News As Amazon Associate this site earns from qualifying purchases Get inspirational

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Ten Signs Ambazonia Is Moving from a Movement to a Nation

Are Ambazonians becoming more organized, disciplined and economically productive? Are institutions becoming more credible than personalities? Can disagreements be managed without destroying national purpose? Are leaders becoming more accountable? Are communities being strengthened? Are young people being prepared to govern and produce? Are citizens learning to place constitutional responsibility above factional loyalty? By Timothy EnongeneAssociate

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Britain—Always Late and Inconsequential in Southern Cameroons: From Commonwealth Admission to Pidgin-English Diplomacy, the Jet Lag of Empire Continues to Impair British Judgment

Britain was late in securing durable safeguards around the 1961 transition. It was late in responding to the consequences of centralization. It was late to the humanitarian catastrophe. Canterbury arrived after Rome had already directed the world’s attention toward Bamenda. If Britain wishes to become consequential, it must do more than arrive after everyone else.

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