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This is the central contradiction confronting the Cameroonian state today. The very machinery designed to suppress Ambazonian identity may ultimately have consolidated it. And that is why the old playbook no longer guarantees the old results. By Mankah Rosa ParksSenior Investigative Correspondent, The Independentist News YAOUNDE – 25 May 2026 – Every year, the regime
Communities must resist becoming vehicles for the escalation of violence against their own civilians. Preserving communal trust, protecting innocent life, and rejecting the manipulation of local grievances into military operations may prove essential not only for survival, but for any future possibility of reconciliation and peace. By Carl Sanders, Guest Writer The Independentist News, Soho,
The parallel trajectories of Somaliland and Ambazonia reveal that statehood in the contemporary international system is not determined solely by legal doctrine. It is shaped by diplomacy, strategic interests, governance capacity, historical narratives, and geopolitical realities. By Tarh Paddy King The Independentist News contributor The recent diplomatic breakthrough reportedly pursued by Somaliland — including discussions
The central tragedy of Southern Cameroons today is that too many people now live in political limbo: distrusted by the state, distrusted by resistance movements, and abandoned by the international community. That is not peace. It is the anatomy of a society trapped between unresolved history and an uncertain future. By Timothy Enongene Guest Editor-in-Chief,
History is unforgiving toward movements that lose operational control. The road ahead demands: unity, discipline, civilian protection, command responsibility, and strategic restraint. Because wars are not remembered only by who fought them. They are remembered by how they were fought. By Timothy Enongene Guest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News. BAMENDA – 21 May 2026 – The
The central issue haunting Cameroon today is not only who committed particular crimes. It is whether the country still possesses institutions trusted enough to establish truth impartially. Because without truth, there can be no accountability. Without accountability, there can be no reconciliation. And without reconciliation, unresolved violence simply mutates from one generation into the next.
Can two populations with radically different interpretations of history, sovereignty, and constitutional legitimacy still imagine a shared future together? That remains the unanswered question haunting Cameroon today. And every silent May 20th makes that question harder to ignore. By Timothy Enongene Guest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News Bamenda – 20 May 2026 – A Silent Rebellion
The final whistle at Selhurst Park will not release tension. It will release joy. Arsenal will arrive already crowned. Already transformed. Already free. The fear of collapse has vanished. The burden of history has lifted. The years of self-doubt have ended. What remains now is celebration and the unmistakable feeling that English football has entered
Muyuka is not merely a local incident. It is a warning. A warning about what happens when constitutional grievances remain unresolved for generations. A warning about what happens when force replaces political trust. And a warning that every retaliation, every village raid, every execution allegation, and every civilian death pushes the conflict further away from
Propaganda Parades and False Normalcy: Why the International Community Must Intervene in Ambazonia
Increasingly, analysts, faith leaders, rights advocates, and members of the diaspora argue that meaningful progress will require mediation structures involving credible international guarantors capable of commanding trust beyond the immediate conflict parties. Institutions and actors frequently referenced include the United Nations, the Holy See, the United States, the African Union, and other neutral diplomatic platforms