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Election Legitimacy, Diplomatic Recognition, and the Politics of Congratulatory Messages: The Case of Cameroon

The 2025 presidential election in Cameroon presented foreign governments with a complex dilemma. Factors shaping their calibrated responses included: longstanding allegations of electoral manipulation, limited political competition, the Constitutional Council’s contested role, violent post-electoral protests By M. C. Folo, Independentist Contributor Abstract:This essay examines why foreign governments sometimes congratulate a political leader on their inauguration

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Call for action

A scholar and Advocate for Ambazonia’s Independence, Dr. Marcelius Atanga writes to US President Donald Trump.

Subject: Urgent Call to Defend Democracy, Human Dignity, and Regional Stability in Cameroon To: President Donald J. TrumpFrom: Dr. Marcelius AtangaFormer President, University of Buea Students’ Union, Human Rights Advocate | Voice of the Voiceless | Advocate for the Right to Self-Determination in Ambazonia Dear President Trump, I extend my highest regards and write to

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Investigative report

THE RED PIN SYNDROME:Inside the Shadow Networks Eating the Cameroonian State — and the Question No One Wants to Ask About the Church

What does the red pin mean? Why is it worn by multiple ministers across unrelated portfolios? Who coordinates this symbolism? And is the Catholic Church — through Archbishop Andrew Nkea and the Apostolic Nuncio — also entangled in this ecosystem of hidden power? This investigation, follows the smoke to the fire. An Investigative Knockdown by

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Editorial

Archbishop Andrew Nkea: A Shepherd Who Divides, A Prelate Who Has Lost His Flock

Archbishop Nkea may keep the garments of office, but moral authority is earned — and he has lost it. The people of Bamenda deserve a shepherd worthy of their pain. It is time for Rome to send him elsewhere. It is time for accountability. It is time for conscience. By The Independentist Editorial Desk In

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Commentary

Disinformation and the Danger of Misrepresenting the Ambazonian Crisis

A recurring claim spread online is that Ambazonian forces target the Mbororo community. This narrative is often circulated without investigation. Yet the facts on the ground tell a different story: Mbororo communities remain present across Ambazonian territory. Local dialogue and coexistence persist despite moments of tension. By Vivian Abiedu — Independentist Contributor Across Africa today,

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Opinion

Southern Cameroons, Tchiroma, and the Danger of Political Amnesia

By Prof. Louis Mbua — Independentist Contributor The political earthquake shaking La République du Cameroun has awakened questions that its rulers hoped would never surface again. For the first time in a generation, ordinary citizens of LRC are confronting truths that were long buried under fear, propaganda, and silence. This awakening is necessary. But clarity

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Public scrutiny

An Open Letter to Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. By Nchumbonga George Lekelefac.

AGGRESSIVE KNOCKDOWN VERSION. By The Independentist editorial desk A Church Bleeding While Its Shepherds Choose Convenience Your Excellency,This letter is written because our people are bleeding while those charged to defend them have chosen ceremony over conscience, diplomacy over truth, and political proximity over pastoral responsibility. For nine years, the people of the Ecclesiastical Province

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News Politics

Cameroon’s Leadership Vacuum, State-Backed Violence, and the Struggle for Democratic Transition

The recent attempted murder of Prof. Mac Anthony Akuhmbom, a respected Southern Cameroonian academic, is not an accident and not a misunderstanding. It is the latest expression of a system that has chosen force over dialogue, intimidation over legitimacy, and violence over the will of the people. By Funtong Daniel, MSN, AGACNP — for The

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Communique

Le Président (en exil) de l’Ambazonie, Dr Samuel Ikome Sako, déclare que son pays n’est pas « deux régions du Cameroun » et appelle son peuple à ne pas se mêler de la crise électorale d’un autre pays.

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Communique

Ambazonia’s President (in exile) Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako says, his country is not “two regions of Cameroon”: calls on his people not to mingle in another country’s electoral crisis.

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