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A trust territory is not a colony. Its status is sui generis; the administering authority acts as a custodian, not as an owner. It cannot unilaterally transfer or dissolve the international legal personality of the trust territory. Termination of trusteeship is only lawful once the territory has achieved a full measure of self-government or independence.
Napoleon at Waterloo. The French army in 1940. Dien Bien Phu. Algeria. The Sahel. Sarkozy’s verdict. Macron’s collapsing presidency. Each episode is different, but the rhythm is the same. By The Independentist news deskOctober 6, 2025 For over two centuries, humiliation has been the recurring punctuation mark in the French imperial story. From Napoleon’s Waterloo
It is of immense importance that legal boundaries are clearly drawn and that documentation of crucial historical events is published unblemished. By Dr. Louis Mbua for The Independentist. As elections in La République du Cameroun draw close, it is of immense importance that legal boundaries are clearly drawn and that documentation of crucial historical events
The beginning of the end came in 2011. Nicolas Sarkozy, then President of France, pushed hard for military intervention in Libya. The fall of Muammar Gaddafi led to the uncontrolled spread of Libyan weapons across the Sahara. Arms flowed through porous borders, arming rebel groups and fueling conflicts from Mali to Chad. By The Independentist
The fall of Muammar Gaddafi unleashed a torrent of weapons and fighters across the Sahara. Arms stockpiles that had been under tight control suddenly spilled into neighboring countries. Smugglers moved assault rifles, machine guns, and rocket launchers through the porous borders of Algeria, Niger, Mali, and beyond. By The Independentist editorial desk When former French
The economic model that underpins France’s state spending and global influence is being challenged at its foundation. African countries are nationalizing assets, rejecting military accords, and pivoting towards new partners.- France’s public debt has ballooned to €3.3 trillion (114% of GDP), with debt servicing eating up 7% of state expenditure. By The Independentist news Desk
This entire mechanism is the creation of Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of Territorial Administration and one of the regime’s most loyal operatives. He has a long history of designing institutions that look democratic on the outside but are fully controlled from within. The “National Observers” initiative is just another example of this. By The Independentist
Chris Anu worked with Bamkoui to engineer a plot to capture President Samuel Ikome Sako. The plan was simple but sinister: convince the President to embark on a diplomatic mission to Djibouti, with a “strategic stop” in Addis Ababa. There, agents of La République du Cameroun were waiting to abduct him in the same manner
Tony Blair the former british Prime minister in washington , Trump’s circle has embraced him. JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and even hard-nosed White House aides appear to admire his diplomatic polish. The same man who helped launch a war that destabilized a region is now recasting himself as peacemaker. EDITORIAL desk | The Independentist It
The Francophone World in an Era of Transition: Sahel Upheavals, Ambazonian Resistance, and a Shifting Cameroonian Center
This architecture has come under severe strain. Military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have expelled French troops and cancelled key agreements, signalling both popular dissatisfaction with perceived neocolonial structures and a desire to diversify international partnerships. By The Independentist Political Desk Across much of the Francophone world, particularly in Africa, long-standing political and