Commentary

HOW BRITAIN TRIED TO ERASE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS: The Humanitarian Afterlife of Empire, Development and Diplomacy Under One Institutional Roof

The lesson is severe but necessary. Peoples do not obtain justice merely by appealing to another state’s memory or conscience. They must build institutions, alliances and strategic value capable of changing that state’s calculation. Britain has no eternal ally in Yaoundé and no perpetual enemy in Ambazonia. It has interests. By M. C. CrytonOn Assignment

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DID THE MOSQUITO DO A BETTER JOB OF DECOLONIZING WEST AFRICA? Does Africa’s Smallest and Most Unintentional Defender Deserve a Monument?

The colonial-era mosquito operated a more efficient immigration system. It required no visa forms, interviews, residency permits, biometric records, border posts, or parliamentary appropriations. It applied one entry requirement to every European visitor: Survive if you can. Portuguese, British, French, Dutch, Danish, or Spanish—the mosquito made no distinction. By A PatriotContributor, The Independentist News There

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News commentary

THE BBC IS NOT DEAD—BUT ITS AUTHORITY IS ON TRIAL: What Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Should Teach Ambazonia About Media Power, Editorial Accountability, and Narrative Sovereignty

The BBC is not dead. Its authority, however, can no longer be treated as self-validating. Trust must be earned through accuracy, transparency, correction, and accountability. Donald Trump has not yet proved that the BBC owes him $10 billion. The BBC has nevertheless admitted that its editing created a misleading impression. Both facts can be true

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News commentary

WHEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ERASES A CONTINENT: The State Department’s Failed Map, La République du Cameroun’s Schoolbooks, and the Strategic Imperative of Cartographic Sovereignty for Ambazonia

Before the world can recognize Ambazonia politically, Ambazonians must represent it geographically—with precision, evidence, discipline, democratic accountability, and an authority no careless algorithm, misleading schoolbook, commercial contractor, or occupying administration can overturn. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-chief, The Independentist News A Map Is Never Merely a Picture Rio de Janeiro – 31 July 2026 – At

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Communique

A must read for all Ambazonians with volume 1 scheduled for release in September 2026: AMBAZONIA 2050 & BEYOND (The Former British Southern Cameroons) From Survival to Significance A Blueprint for Nation-Building, Economic Transformation, and Shared Prosperity

A Four-Volume National-Development WorkApproximately 1,620 Pages by Martin S. Mungwa, PhD, MBA, P.E., F.ASCE VOLUME I — FOUNDATIONS OF THE INNOVATION REPUBLIC. History, Constitutional Government, Human Development, Economic Sovereignty, and National Renewal Chapters 1–10 | Approximately 470 Pages Scheduled Release: September 2026. Volume I establishes the historical, constitutional, intellectual, institutional, human, and productive foundations of

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Letters to the Editor

A fervent and concerned reader of The Independentist News, writes to the editor raising concerns on the continuous resistance of the people of the Southern Cameroons.

Letter to the Editor Subject; Southern Cameroonians Continue to Resist Assimilation and Seek a Lasting Political Solution Dear Editor, More than six decades after the 1961 unification of the former British Southern Cameroons with La République du Cameroun, many Southern Cameroonians remain deeply concerned that the institutions, traditions, and political identity they inherited under British

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Commentary

THE INTELLECTUALS WHO INHERITED THE COLONIAL STATE Part II: How Elite Brokerage Hollowed Out Africa’s Political Independence

Ambazonia. Political independence will be hollow if a new elite merely occupies institutions inherited from Britain and La République du Cameroun. A new Republic must not reproduce secrecy, centralization, personality worship, foreign dependency, political patronage, extractive taxation, or intellectual obedience. By M. C. CrytonGuest Writer, The Independentist News Part I of this series examined how

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THE CLASSROOMS OF DEPENDENCE Part I: How Colonial Education Preserved Africa’s Machinery of Extraction

The African intelligentsia then completed the system by treating credentials as evidence of progress. The professor counted graduates. The minister counted schools. The administrator counted certificates. The donor counted enrollment. Few asked whether education had reduced dependency. By M. C. CrytonGuest Writer, The Independentist News Africa did not lose the substance of its political independence

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50 Days of Shadows: The Cost of the Invisible Presidency in Yaoundé

The cost of an invisible presidency extends beyond political embarrassment. It weakens public trust. It undermines constitutional legitimacy. It encourages factional competition. It raises doubts about military command. It damages investor confidence. It intensifies succession fears. It exposes the fragility of state institutions. By Carl SandersGuest Writer, Independentist NewsSoho, LondonFifty Days Without Public Proof LONDON

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THE GHOST SIGNATURES OF ETOUDI: Absentee Leadership, Questions Over Presidential Authority, and the Conflict in Ambazonia

Governments are strongest when authority is transparent, constitutional processes are respected, and citizens are not left to speculate about who is making decisions in their name. Until greater clarity emerges, questions surrounding executive authority are likely to persist, not only within Cameroon but also among regional observers and the international community. By Carl SandersGuest Writer,

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