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The real question is not why Ambazonia has not yet reached Somaliland’s stage—but whether the international community is willing to confront, early rather than late, the human costs of unresolved political unions and prolonged state violence. By Steve Neba-Fuh The Independentistnews contributor When people compare Somaliland and Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia), they are not claiming the
Today, from Senegal to Cameroon, nearly two hundred million Africans still use a currency designed in France, guaranteed by France, and historically supervised with French approval. This is not independence. It is rebranded domination. By Kemi Ashu, Mankah Rosa Parks, and Kfusalu Bochong Africa’s present condition did not begin with poor leadership or bad policy.
Such systems thrive where loyalty to party or ethnic bloc outweighs loyalty to principle, and where supporters excuse corruption not because they doubt it exists, but because it benefits “their side.” By M. C. Folo The Indepenedentistnews contributor Across much of Africa’s political landscape, patriotism has been stripped of its meaning. It no longer serves
In a tone of total hope, in his address to his people in the end of year 2025, Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako, reveals a promising year for the freedom and Independence of the Ambazonian people in 2026,. Here is Dr. Sako’s full end of year address to the people of the former Bristish southern cameroons.
When a regime ignores advice, tightens civic space, mismanages succession, and then insists it is “indispensable,” it’s like a driver removing the brakes and boasting that the car is “too important to crash.” The road does not negotiate with pride. By AKO AYA The Independentistnews contributor Myth #1: “Cameroon guarantees Gulf of Guinea security” Reality:
That single fact strips French Cameroun’s leadership naked. It exposes an army fluent in repression but illiterate in legitimacy; officers adept at destruction yet incapable of victory. If training meant competence, this war would have ended years ago. If French tutelage worked, Ambazonia would not still stand. But it does. And that endurance is the
Let it therefore be said plainly: Cameroon’s elite bargains are about survival of a regime. Ambazonia’s struggle is about the dignity of a people. We are not asking to be accommodated.We are not negotiating for seats at someone else’s table. We are asserting a right that predates every political deal now being whispered in Yaoundé.
Nowhere was this more evident than in French Cameroun. French Cameroun was not a continuation of German Kamerun. It was a French post-war construction, headquartered in Yaoundé, administered through French military logic, and governed by officers shaped by wartime humiliation. By Kfusalu Bochong and Ali Dan Ismael One of the least discussed truths of French
Biya’s New Year Address: A Familiar Speech in a Tired Nation
It is this Yindo Tangeh–like disposition that President Biya displayed once again on December 31, 2025, during his State of the Nation address — a pattern repeated consistently since he took power in 1982. Just as Tangeh blamed birds, wildfires, and chance for his empty barns, the presidency habitually points to external forces to excuse