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By Jennifer McChriston | Senior CorrespondentJune 2025 – Global Desk In recent decades, a series of high-profile crises across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan have transformed these once-stable nations into fragile or contested states. From external military interventions to economic shocks and internal upheavals, these developments raise complex questions about international law, post-colonial

By Jennifer McChriston Senior Energy & Security Correspondent When oil flows, economies grow. When oil is disrupted, global stability hangs in the balance. As global chokepoints come under increasing stress, conflicts escalate in West Asia, and Africa reassesses its resource strategy, the post-Cold War world order faces a historic realignment. This strategic brief explores how

Par la Rédaction Enquête de The IndependentistBureau de Londres – Juin 2025 Depuis plus de huit ans, le peuple d’Ambazonie — l’ancien Cameroun britannique méridional — vit sous siège. Ses villes sont bombardées, ses leaders emprisonnés ou exilés, et des milliers de ses enfants dispersés dans des camps de réfugiés ou à travers le monde.

Dr. Sako chairing a cabinet meeting By The Independentist Investigative DeskLondon Bureau – June 2025 For over eight years, the people of Ambazonia — the former British Southern Cameroons — have lived under siege. Their towns shelled, leaders jailed or exiled, and thousands scattered across refugee camps and foreign cities. But even in exile, their

In Central Africa, elections are not milestones of democracy—they are masks for military rule. In the Republic of Cameroon, especially across the occupied territory of Ambazonia (the former British Southern Cameroons), the international community has for decades aided and abetted a campaign of systematic repression disguised as governance. Now, with the release of new WikiLeaks

By William Simms | Investigative Correspondent London–Yaoundé: Silent Dispatches from a Failing UnionLeaked diplomatic cables originating from the British High Commission in Yaoundé, as published by WikiLeaks and confirmed by intelligence analysts, paint a sobering picture of how early and deeply Britain understood the fragile state of Cameroon’s union—and the electoral decay and repression fueling

By Young Jean-Pierre | Investigative Correspondent Yaoundé, September 2009 — A Secret Cable, A Silent AlarmIn a confidential diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, the French Embassy in Yaoundé painted a grim and clear-eyed picture of Cameroon’s deteriorating political architecture and the silent storm brewing in its English-speaking regions. The cable, marked “Confidential” and transmitted under

By Jennifer McChriston | Investigative Correspondent Yaoundé, April 2009 — A Diplomatic Ultimatum Buried by Time. In the spring of 2009, behind the closed doors of the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé, a stark warning was delivered to the inner circle of President Paul Biya: Clean up the rampant corruption at the highest levels of government—or

Releasing Friday, June 20th The Independentist continues its explosive investigative series on the British Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia)—this time, drawing directly from WikiLeaks diplomatic cables. EXPOSED: Secret U.S. cables warning of impending sanctions on Cameroon France’s shadowy role in sustaining a corrupt regime. Britain’s diplomatic silence and backdoor banana trade deals Revealed for the first time:

Letter to the EditorThe Independentist newsJune 2025 Subject: The Commonwealth’s Complicity in the Ambazonian Tragedy Dear Editor, As the genocide in Ambazonia deepens, the silence from the Commonwealth—and more pointedly, the United Kingdom—speaks louder than words. It is not the silence of diplomacy. It is the silence of guilt. Since 2017, over a million Southern