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FROM GLENCOREGATE TO TOLLCAM: THE MONEY, THE MISRULE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SHIELD AROUND YAOUNDÉ

From Glencoregate to Tollcam, the evidence increasingly suggests that the international community should at least be willing to ask whether a better political architecture for the future is possible than the one it continues to protect today. By the Ambazonia Intelligence Service for The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying purchases

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THE ILLUSION OF PRESIDENTIAL PRESENCE: WHERE IS BIYA—AND CAN A HAND GOVERN CAMEROON?

Paul Biya has returned after 73 days abroad. His arrival answers where he is today—but not who exercised presidential authority while he was absent By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-chief The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying purchases shop with Amazon back to school https://www.amazon.com/s?k=amazon+back+to+school&crid=3U586C1NEJDOI&sprefix=back+to+school+on+amazon%2Caps%2C490&linkCode=ll2&tag=njokings-20&linkId=d9776a701f9696ecb706fbd136fabd9c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl A Return That Does Not End the

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Investigative commentary

THE TOLLCAM BILL COMES DUE: YAOUNDÉ’S €54 MILLION DISPUTE, DIPLOMATIC INSULATION AND THE COST OF GOVERNING WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY

Britain and France should therefore ask themselves whether preserving inherited political arrangements is still worth the cost. They must grow beyond the greed and reflexes of empire before the world grows beyond them. Otherwise, one day they may discover that they have lost on both fronts: diminishing influence in an Africa that increasingly rejects the

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From L Todd Wood the conversation continues with THE WESTERN JOURNAL

COMING SOON Dr. Martin S. Mungwa the commissioned secretary for communication and diplomacy of the government of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia (in exile) will grant a special Interview with THE WESTERN JOURNAL Taking The vision, The plan and The future of the Productive Republic to who matters 73 Share Facebook 0 Share WhatsApp

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TRUTH, RESILIENCE, AND THE COURAGE NEVER TO QUIT

Truth without courage is paralysis. But truth joined to resilience, learning, responsibility, and the courage to continue can outlive governments, personalities, propaganda, and temporary defeat. We should never quit simply because the road is long. We should learn. We should adapt. We should build. We should rise. And we should continue. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief,

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Interview Analysis

From Conflict to Partnership: My Conversation with L. Todd Wood on Ambazonia, America and the Road Beyond 2050

A peaceful Southern Cameroons–Ambazonia could become more than the site of another unresolved African conflict. It could become a democratic Atlantic partner, a contributor to secure supply chains, a platform for productive investment, an advocate for responsible resource development and an example of how a smaller African nation can convert sovereignty into institutions, human development

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THE UNION WHOSE FOUNDATIONS REMAIN CONTESTED: WHY ARE CAMEROONIAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN CAMEROONS?

The task is harder. Establish the documentary record. Reconstruct the constitutional chain. Identify what was agreed. Identify what changed. Identify what protections existed. Identify what happened to them. Then confront the political consequences honestly. Because behind the soldier’s presence lies a question no military operation can finally answer: What exactly was agreed in 1961, what

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Editorial commentary

CAMEROON’S OIL BLACK BOX HAS CRACKED OPEN: SNH, Public Wealth, and the Accounting Questions Yaoundé Can No Longer Ignore

Cameroon does not need another mystery surrounding its oil. It needs accounts. It needs traceability. It needs corporate governance. It needs institutional responsibility. And it needs every major public investment to answer four elementary questions: Who signed? Who paid? Who benefited? What remains? The reported SNH audit has cracked open the door. Government now has

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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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