Letters to the Editor

MM comes again with a rebuttal titled. A call for structured collaboration – and historical honesty

Fellow Ambazonians, The call for unity in our liberation struggle is legitimate. No serious Ambazonian disputes that fragmentation weakens our collective capacity. But unity cannot be achieved through slogans, ultimatums, or selective amnesia. It must be built on structure, accountability, and truth. It is important to state this clearly: calls for unity are not new,

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Letters to the Editor

A comeback from Comrade Francis Mbah citing abandonment by the international community after nearly ten years of the revolution.

SPEAKING TRUTH IS NOT ANGER.AND EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER. If we can agree that we have to correct the wrongs of the past, then that is our concern.War is strategy, if this strategy is not working, we retreat and change strategy. The is no straight road in fighting a war. We know why the

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Letters to the Editor

A fervent reader and contributor to the Independentistnews writes to The editors in reaction to Comrade Francis Mbah’s call for unity.

Dear Comrade Francis Mbah, Anger may ignite a movement, but only structure sustains it. History is unequivocal on this point. Let us correct the record clearly and without apology: Charles de Gaulle did not rule or coordinate the liberation of France from the home front.He operated from London, led the Free French government-in-exile, negotiated with

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Opinion

A voice from South Africa raises the Need for unity in the Ambazonian revolution, Comrade Mbah Francis an Ambazonian patriot, speaks out

We still have leaders in the diaspora who have harden their hearts, and their eyes are only on power without a state. If any of them was on the battlefield, like Fidel Castro of Cuba, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, then Ambazonians will follow them. FELLOW AMBAZONIANS, I Comrade Mbah Francis, an advocate for unity and

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News analysis

The Cracks Beneath the Lion’s Jersey: Why CAF’s Sanction of Samuel Eto’o Is Not About Football

The center of gravity is shifting, and Cameroon is no longer at it. In that context, Eto’o was not disciplined because he was rude. He was disciplined because the system he represents no longer commands deference. By The Independentistnews Political Desk The Illusion of a Routine Ban YAOUNDE – January 15, 2026 – The Confederation

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Commentary

The Blood on Yaoundé’s Hands: Accountability for the 14 Lives Lost in Gidado

The fourteen people killed in Gidado were not “collateral damage” in a communal dispute. They were victims of a system that values political survival over human life. The blood is not only on the soil of Ntumbaw—it is squarely on the hands of those who rule in Yaoundé. By Timothy Enongene Yaoundé January 16, 2026

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News analysis

Protecting Power, Not People: The Biya Regime’s Indifference to the Bororo Genocide

The Mbororo are only the latest victims of a system built on division. The regime’s DNA lies in the “counter-subversion” campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s, when Bassa communities were hunted in their forests, and in the 1970s, when the Bamiléké were subjected to scorched-earth warfare. Biya did not invent these methods; he modernized and

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News analysis

Echoes of Ngarbuh: Is the Biya Regime Repeating the Patterns of State-Sponsored Neglect?

The Gidado killings follow the same pattern seen in the February 2020 Ngarbuh massacre. First, the state places a vulnerable minority in the path of violence — using them as informants, buffers, or proxy actors in a counter-insurgency war. Second, when retaliation or attack comes, the security forces supposedly deployed to protect them are conspicuously

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Commentary

Why Quebec Still Talks About Independence — And What It Means for Ambazonia

Quebec shows one clear truth: You are only respected when you can walk away. That is what Ambazonia is demanding — the right to decide its own future. That is why this is not an “Anglophone problem.” It is a question of freedom. And freedom is not negotiable. By the Independentistnews Political Desk Many people

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