News commentary

Kemi Badenoch and the Battle for Britain’s Post-Populist Future

No serious analyst can predict whether Badenoch will eventually become Prime Minister. Political careers are shaped as much by timing, economic conditions, party unity, international crises, and electoral luck as by individual brilliance. But history often turns on figures who first master the internal battles before confronting the national one. By M. C. Folo The

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Editorial commentary

The Oppressed Also Have the Right to Protest

Before asking wounded communities to embrace “love,” responsible civil society must first defend their right to grieve, dissent, protest, and refuse symbolic participation in systems they no longer trust. Because genuine reconciliation is not built by silencing protest. It is built by understanding why the protest exists in the first place. By Ali Dan Ismael,

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Science & Development

FOUNDATIONS OF AMBAZONIAN RECONSTRUCTION — PART VI Capital and Control: The Financial Engine of Independence

Ambazonia must build a financial system that: Protects capitalgrows capital, deploys capital wisely. When we control our capital, we control our future. And when we control our future, our independence becomes not just a dream—but a durable reality. By Dr. Martin Mungwa, PhD., F.ASCEGuest Contributor | The Independentist News Introduction: Independence Runs on Capital Let

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Editorial commentary

The Funeral of Truth: When a State Orders People to Forget Who They Are

A wise nation does not demand that people forget who they are. A wise nation creates conditions where different identities can coexist without domination, humiliation, fear, or forced assimilation. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News BUEA – May 17, 2026 – There are moments in history when propaganda becomes so desperate, so detached from

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Editorial commentary

The Preemptive Terror: Yaoundé’s Dragnet and the Paranoia of May 20

Sustainable national cohesion emerges not from perpetual sweeps and saturation policing, but from legitimacy, accountability, dialogue, and public trust. Until those foundations are rebuilt, the opération coup de poing will continue to symbolize not merely the power of the state — but the depth of its anxiety. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News YAOUNDÉ

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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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Preview/ Public scrutiny

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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