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History is unforgiving toward movements that lose operational control. The road ahead demands: unity, discipline, civilian protection, command responsibility, and strategic restraint. Because wars are not remembered only by who fought them. They are remembered by how they were fought. By Timothy Enongene Guest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News. BAMENDA – 21 May 2026 – The

The central issue haunting Cameroon today is not only who committed particular crimes. It is whether the country still possesses institutions trusted enough to establish truth impartially. Because without truth, there can be no accountability. Without accountability, there can be no reconciliation. And without reconciliation, unresolved violence simply mutates from one generation into the next.

There were originally two Cameroons. And they believe those two political identities remain historically distinguishable to this day. Whether history ultimately moves toward separation, renewed federation, or another negotiated arrangement, one reality continues to haunt the conflict: A promise made in 1961 was never universally believed to have been honoured. By Uchiba Nelson The Independentist