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Undaunted and Evolving: Governance and Decolonisation Dynamics in the Southern Cameroons Conflict – Assessing Political Organization, Civilian Impact, and the Path Toward Resolution

The central question is no longer only how to manage the conflict, but whether the international community is prepared to engage with its underlying decolonisation dimension. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News2 May 2026 For several years, the situation in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon has been described primarily as

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Editorial commentary

The Year of Action: Why the Yaoundé War Strategy Is Failing. A Conflict That Has Moved Beyond Containment

The situation in the Southern Cameroons is no longer a question of short-term disturbance or isolated instability. It reflects a deeper and more complex reality rooted in unresolved political and historical foundations. The question now is not whether the conflict exists. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News2 May 2026 There comes a moment in

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News commentary

THE FOUR DAYS THAT EXPOSED A STATE: Ndzerem-Nyam and the Anatomy of a Regime That Waits Before It Lies

Four days passed before a statement was issued. But the consequences of those four days will last far longer. Because in modern conflict, it is not only actions that define a state—it is how it explains them. And when explanation follows delay, and delay follows death, the burden of proof shifts. Not to those who

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Commentary

The Debt of Empire: A Question for Paris and London

If decolonization is to retain meaning, it cannot remain selective. If international principles are to retain credibility, they cannot remain conditional.Because history does not disappear. It waits. And when it returns, it does not ask quietly By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News For decades, the language of empire has been softened. It has

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Commentary

The Empire That Never Left — And the Order That Is Now Abandoning It

The world now faces a narrowing choice: continue to defend a structure whose legitimacy is eroding, or acknowledge that what is unfolding is not disorder — but delayed decolonization. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News In 1960, the world celebrated the end of empire. Seventeen African nations rose. Flags were raised. Anthems were sung.

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Editorial

THE END OF SENTIMENT: POWER, INTEREST, AND THE FUTURE OF AMBAZONIA

The question, therefore, is not only whether Ambazonia is justified in its claims. It is whether those claims are being presented in a way that aligns with how the international system actually functions. In that alignment lies the possibility of movement. Without it, even the most compelling cases risk remaining unheard. By Ali Dan Ismael,

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News commentary

The Vice Presidency Mirage: Symbolic Inclusion and the Reconfiguration of Power in Cameroon

The Vice Presidency, as an idea, may continue to surface in political conversation. But as a practical mechanism for inclusion, it appears increasingly distant. What remains is a deeper question—one that extends beyond any single office: can a system sustain legitimacy when the instruments of inclusion become symbolic, and the structures of power become increasingly

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News commentary

Ndzerem-Nyam: A Massacre, a Silence, and the Battle Over Truth in Cameroon’s Anglophone Conflict

The central question remains unanswered: who is responsible for the deaths in Ndzerem-Nyam? Until that question is resolved through credible, independent verification, all narratives remain incomplete. By Carl SandersGuest Writer, The Independentist News | Soho, LondonApril 30, 2026 A Massacre Followed by Silence In the early hours of April 26, 2026, a cultural gathering in

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Uncategorized Business and politics

The Classroom That Divides Two Futures – Why Cameroun Cannot Develop—and Why Ambazonia Must Be Built Differently

Ambazonia does not fight simply to exist. It fights to think differently, build differently, and become differently. A people who inherit a broken system inherit its limits. A people who redesign their system redefine their future. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News Part II — The System Ambazonia Must Build Separation as Structural Correction

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Commentary

FEAR AS POLICY: WHY AMBAZONIA MUST NOT BREAK NOW. Dr. SAKO WARNS

This is no longer a conventional conflict. It is a contest of will. Of clarity. Of psychological endurance. The enemy cannot defeat Ambazonia militarily. But Ambazonia can defeat itself psychologically. Through doubt. Through hesitation. Through fear disguised as prudence. That is the final battlefield. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News Opening Frame: The

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