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France acted according to French interests. Britain acted according to British interests. That is how states behave. The lesson for Ambazonia is therefore not bitterness alone, but strategic maturity. No nation survives long-term through foreign sympathy alone. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News The roots of the Ambazonian crisis are not merely local. They
Whether history ultimately judges Nzo Ekangaki as a statesman, a pragmatist, or a collaborator will depend largely on how future generations interpret the collapse of the federal experiment and the unresolved Southern Cameroons question. What remains beyond dispute is that he was not an ordinary politician. By The Independentist News Editorial Desk The Rise of
The final question now hangs permanently over Cameroon’s political history Who died first — Fru Ndi or the SDF? For many former supporters, the answer is clear. The SDF died long before its Chairman. And Ni John Fru Ndi simply lived long enough to witness the funeral of the movement that once changed history. By
Today, the Philipson Report remains preserved within the The National Archives under reference CO 554/1602. More than 300 pages long, it survives as one of the most politically explosive colonial-era documents relating to the Southern Cameroons question. Not because it contains radical ideology. Not because it advocates separatism. But because it reveals something far more
The great geopolitical reckoning now underway may ultimately determine not only the future of London, Washington, Canada, Greenland, or the Strait of Hormuz. It may also determine whether the twenty-first century continues preserving old imperial financial architectures — or finally opens space for new sovereignties to emerge. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News The
China’s Belt and Road Initiative emerged because Beijing no longer trusted a world where nearly every major global artery passed through systems controlled by the United States. So China began building another world alongside the old one. A world of alternative trade routes. Alternative partnerships. Alternative technology. Alternative finance. Alternative logistics. Alternative influence. By Ali
THE INDEPENDENTIST NEWSOffice of the Editor-in-Chief May 27, 2026 OFFICIAL LETTER OF PROMOTION Subject: Promotion of Mr. Timothy Enongene to Associate Editor-in-Chief Dear Mr. Timothy Enongene, On behalf of the Editorial Board and leadership of The Independentist News, it gives us great pleasure to formally announce your promotion from Guest Editor-in-Chief to Associate Editor-in-Chief of
When armed movements lose discipline, civilians suffer. When states weaponise fear, civilians suffer. When propaganda replaces truth, civilians suffer. And when communities become battlefields for competing narratives and power struggles, entire regions risk political collapse. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News The Horror at Ndzerem-Nyam BUI – May 27, 2026 – On Sunday, April
The Southern Cameroons became one of those forgotten territories — a people caught between collapsing empires, postwar financial restructuring, Cold War strategy, and incomplete constitutional arrangements. More than six decades later, the consequences remain unresolved. For that reason, many continue to describe the Southern Cameroons case not simply as a political dispute, but as one
The Biya Twilight: What Ambazonia Must Do Now Before the Yaoundé Collapse
The twilight of a political era always creates uncertainty. But uncertainty also creates possibility. For Ambazonia, the central challenge is no longer simply surviving a conflict. It is demonstrating readiness for a future. A future built not only on resistance, but on governance. Not only on grievance, but on institutional vision. Not only on historical