News commentary

The Illusion of Security: Inside the “Opération Coup de Poing”

States secure in their legitimacy rarely need to constantly demonstrate force against their own civilian population. Heavy-handed security visibility often signals deeper institutional insecurity beneath the surface. The irony is difficult to ignore:the more aggressively the state projects control,the more visibly it reveals its fear of losing it. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News

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Editorial commentary

Macpherson’s Curse: From British Constitutional Entrapment to French Imperial Control — and the Rise of Trump’s Transactional New World Order

The old imperial architecture is no longer as stable as it once appeared. And as global power structures evolve, the unresolved question of Southern Cameroons may increasingly re-emerge not merely as a forgotten colonial dispute, but as one of the unfinished constitutional crises inherited from the collapse of empire itself. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The

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From Resistance Journalism to Neutrality: The Evolution of Mimi Mefo’s Editorial Voice

The real question is not whether journalists should report critically on armed separatist factions. Serious journalism requires accountability from all sides. The deeper question is whether neutrality, in profoundly unequal conflicts, can sometimes become a form of political positioning itself.That debate will likely continue long after the guns eventually fall silent. By Lester MaddoxGuest Contributor,

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Editorial commentary

The Ambazonian Debate No One Can Avoid: Tolerance, Trauma, and the Future Beyond AAC III

The realities of 2026 are not the realities of 1993. The war changed the emotional architecture of the conflict. History has already buried political formulas that failed to protect the people they claimed to govern. And the tragedy for Cameroon is that many still believe time can reverse what blood has already rewritten. By Ali

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Editorial commentary

The Silence of the Five Generals Southern Cameroons, Military Service, and the Burden of History

The future of the region will not be determined only by military outcomes, political speeches, or emotional accusations. It will also depend on whether all sides — including state officials, separatist actors, intellectuals, community leaders, and citizens — are willing to confront painful truths honestly while resisting the temptation to dehumanize one another. By Ali

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News commentary

Patrick Ndangoh Did Not Die Alone — He Died Inside a System That Already Buried Justice

Every prolonged detention. Every opaque ruling. Every allegation of extortion. Every death in custody. Every delayed medical intervention. All of it deepens the growing belief that justice itself has become politicised. And once populations lose faith in courts, the state itself begins to lose moral authority. By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist news YAOUNDE

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Public scrutiny

CNA’s Sudden Change of Tone: A Tardy Awakening After 70,000 Ambazonian Lives Lost

History often judges conflicts not only by the actions of governments and armed groups, but also by the conduct of intellectuals, journalists, and institutions that either challenged or enabled destructive policies. By Lester Maddox Guest Contributor, The Independentist News Bamenda – 14 May 2026 — For nearly a decade, the Cameroon News Agency (CNA) dismissed

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News analysis

Macron’s Africa Legacy: Speeches of Renewal, Silence on Ambazonia

President Macron’s interview in Nairobi was intended as a reflection on France’s evolving relationship with Africa. But history may judge his African legacy less by his speeches and more by the contradictions left unresolved. The crisis of French influence in Africa is no longer merely military or economic. It is moral. And nowhere is that

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From Louis-Paul Aujoulat through Pierre Messmer and Amadou Ahidjo to Paul Biya: The Inheritance of Counterinsurgency in Cameroon

And until Cameroon honestly confronts that inheritance, recognizes the distinct historical experiences within its borders, and replaces coercion with genuine political dialogue, the cycle of mistrust, militarization, and political fragmentation may continue to reproduce itself under new names and in new regions. That past never truly disappeared. It simply changed uniforms. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief,

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