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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
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There were originally two Cameroons. And they believe those two political identities remain historically distinguishable to this day. Whether history ultimately moves toward separation, renewed federation, or another negotiated arrangement, one reality continues to haunt the conflict: A promise made in 1961 was never universally believed to have been honoured. By Uchiba Nelson The Independentist
History is often unforgiving toward political actors who continuously reposition themselves without a stable moral or ideological anchor. In times of national suffering, people may forgive mistakes. They rarely forgive perceived betrayal. By Uchiba Nelson The Independentist News contributor The Burden of a Fractured Revolution In every liberation struggle, there are moments when history separates
The slogan “one and indivisible” may function effectively as political rhetoric, but history is rarely so simple. The territory once known as German Kamerun disappeared legally over a century ago. What followed were decades of separate international administration under different colonial powers and distinct legal systems. By Timothy Enongene, Associate Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News YAOUNDÉ
The Fate of the Judas : Why Yaoundé’s Collaborators and Political Middlemen Rarely Escape History’s Judgment
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,