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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
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
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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The realities of 2026 are not the realities of 1993. The war changed the emotional architecture of the conflict. History has already buried political formulas that failed to protect the people they claimed to govern. And the tragedy for Cameroon is that many still believe time can reverse what blood has already rewritten. By Ali
The future of the region will not be determined only by military outcomes, political speeches, or emotional accusations. It will also depend on whether all sides — including state officials, separatist actors, intellectuals, community leaders, and citizens — are willing to confront painful truths honestly while resisting the temptation to dehumanize one another. By Ali
Every prolonged detention. Every opaque ruling. Every allegation of extortion. Every death in custody. Every delayed medical intervention. All of it deepens the growing belief that justice itself has become politicised. And once populations lose faith in courts, the state itself begins to lose moral authority. By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist news YAOUNDE
History often judges conflicts not only by the actions of governments and armed groups, but also by the conduct of intellectuals, journalists, and institutions that either challenged or enabled destructive policies. By Lester Maddox Guest Contributor, The Independentist News Bamenda – 14 May 2026 — For nearly a decade, the Cameroon News Agency (CNA) dismissed
President Macron’s interview in Nairobi was intended as a reflection on France’s evolving relationship with Africa. But history may judge his African legacy less by his speeches and more by the contradictions left unresolved. The crisis of French influence in Africa is no longer merely military or economic. It is moral. And nowhere is that
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