The Independentistnews Editor-in-Chief Ali Dan Ismael writes to Abdulkarim Ali in the dungeons
Dear Abdulkarim Ali, I write with respect for your courage, your clarity of thought, and the moral authority that comes from sacrifice. Your reflections on negotiation, incarceration, and political responsibility raise important questions that deserve calm and principled engagement. We agree on a central truth: dialogue is indispensable, and the voices of incarcerated leaders must


The “Doing and Denying” Strategy: State Mediation, Plausible Denial, and the Ambazonian Conflict
Cameroon’s history suggests that mediation without documentation, guarantees, or institutional backing is vulnerable to strategic reversal. The Ndongmo Affair is not merely a historical tragedy; it is a structural warning. For the Ambazonian conflict, the implication is clear: any future dialogue that relies on private assurances rather than recorded mandates risks reproducing the failures of