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“Re-unification” is not history. It is camouflage. It was designed to blur trusteeship law, erase British Southern Cameroons’ legal personality, and retrofit legitimacy onto a political takeover that never received the people’s consent. By Kemi Ashu and Mankah Rosa Parks One of the most enduring falsehoods in Central African politics is the claim that Southern
Let it be written plainly: Special Status was never meant to free Ambazonia. It was meant to outlive Ambazonia. And Ambazonia refuses to disappear quietly so others may inherit its chains—polished, renamed, and called reform. By The Independentistnews Political Desk “In attempting to suffocate Ambazonia through ‘Special Status,’ Prof. Maurice Kamto may have been unconsciously
The lesson is simple and brutal: whether you fight or do not fight, whether you support or reject the Ambazonian struggle, the Biya regime considers you an enemy. If you are fortunate, they will beat or maim you. If you are not, they will kill you. By The Independentistnews editorial desk Our people must understand
Without Christ, Christmas is empty.Without compassion, Ambazonia becomes unrecognisable. And without a moral compass, even the most legitimate struggle risks losing not only its direction, but its reason for being. By Colbert Gwain | The Muteff Factor (formerly The Colbert Factor) Christmas is meant to be a moment of reflection—of humility, compassion, and shared humanity.
If an author uses the term Anglophone, he must define exactly who he means. Is he referring to English-speaking populations inside Cameroon, Anglophones globally, or Ambazonians specifically? These are not interchangeable categories. Treating them as such is not stylistic choice; it is analytical failure. By Mankah Rosa Parks There is a quiet but fatal mistake
Key point: Airstrikes are almost always explained using law, consent, or security agreements—not chaos. A simple civic explainer for public understanding ByThe Independentist Intelligence Desk When people hear that foreign jets have bombed targets in an African country, confusion and fear spread fast. Questions follow immediately: Who allowed it? Was it legal? Are civilians safe?
Ambazonia has already crossed that line. The only remaining question is not if the world will acknowledge Ambazonia—but who will still be standing when it does. History is patient. Empires are not. By Stephen Niba Fuh The Independentistnews contributor Sometimes history moves slowly. Then one day, it moves all at once. This week, the people
A struggle with discipline becomes a nation in formation. Defend the people. Protect the cause. Preserve the future. By The Independentistnews Medical Desk Every living body survives because it knows how to defend itself without destroying itself. Modern science has proven something simple but powerful:the immune system does not survive by attacking everything. It survives
Ambazonia does not exist because people speak English. It exists because a people were denied the right to complete their decolonization. Reducing that reality to an “Anglophone crisis,” misusing the language of open diplomacy, and substituting prayer and visibility for statecraft mobilize attention but dissolve legitimacy. By Ali Dan Ismael and Mankah Rosa Parks, the
Cameroon’s Conflict Cure: Stealing the Separatists’ Thunder
Names confer recognition. When the state refuses to adopt the language through which people understand their suffering, it sends a clear message: your reality does not count. That denial has consequences. By Colbert Gwain | The Muteff Factor (formerly The Colbert Factor) How the Government of Cameroon Can Begin Ending a Senseless Conflict by Appropriating