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Ambazonians argue that they withdrew that consent long ago — when the so-called United Republic of Cameroon was imposed in 1972. That act, they say, dissolved the original two-state federation agreed upon in 1961 and absorbed West Cameroon (today’s Ambazonia) without the people’s permission. By Eposi Luma | Civic Education Series — The Independentist When
From Douala to Yaoundé, from Garoua to Bafoussam, the streets are echoing with the same frustration Ambazonians have voiced for years: “Enough is enough!”The people of La République — long silenced by fear and propaganda — have finally joined the chorus of discontent. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist on special assignment A Regime
For Tchiroma, survival was never luck; it was calculation. His years behind bars taught him two enduring truths about the Biya system: open opposition invited annihilation, and proximity to power offered both protection and opportunity.So he chose patience over exile, proximity over protest. Instead of retreating in bitterness, he re-emerged as a technocrat who spoke
Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the fiery former government spokesman turned opposition challenger, has called the people to the streets at 3 p.m. to “defend their victory.” Behind this standoff lies a deeper game — not just about ballots and power, but about France’s quiet experiment in control. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist on special
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For decades, each time French Cameroon faces political turbulence, its leaders reach for the same tired strategy: add a few English-speaking faces to the cabinet, call it inclusion, and present it to the world as reform. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, on special assignment in Maroua, Cameroun When Issa Tchiroma Bakary stood before cameras this
According to reliable sources in Yaoundé, President Paul Biya recently ordered elements of the national army to abduct Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the self-proclaimed winner of the October 2025 presidential elections. One senior general refused outright. His words were simple but historic: “The army cannot attack its own people.” By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, on Special
This investigation examines how communal liberalism, once sold as a philosophy of harmony, became entangled with France’s Napoleonic legal tradition, producing a centralized state that many citizens now see as alien to their realities. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, on special assignment in Maroua, French Cameroun Cameroon’s political evolution has long been guided by a
The Tables Have Turned — And Now, Who Speaks for French Cameroon?
When the Ambazonian resistance demanded genuine dialogue years ago, Yaoundé mocked the request with its familiar sneer: “With whom shall we negotiate?” Now that question echoes back across the Mfoundi valley: With whom shall the world negotiate for French Cameroon? Will it be a recycled spokesman in Maroua, a junta general in Yaoundé, or the