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Human Life Equity in the New Ambazonia

That is the promise of our struggle. Not just a new flag. Not just a new anthem. But a new way of valuing human life. If Ambazonia can build a country where every life counts, then all the suffering will not have been in vain. By Dr. Martin Mungwa The Independentistnews contributor In every great

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The Empty Throne: Cultural Erosion and the Dilemma of the Fon of Nso

The chaos engulfing Nso today is therefore read not merely as political violence, but as ancestral withdrawal. The makeshift palace in Yaoundé becomes not a sanctuary, but a monument to spiritual exile. By Don Shaka, The Independentist News Contributor The recent unveiling of a makeshift palace in Yaoundé by His Royal Highness the Fon of

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Cameroon: Between Rumors and Reality, What Ambazonians Should Actually Know

For Ambazonia, the lesson is simple:The struggle is not shaped by rumors, but by long-term weakness in Yaoundé’s governance and its failure to resolve historical injustice. By The Independentistnews Political desk Social media is once again flooded with dramatic claims: collapsing regimes, secret palace deals, foreign interventions, and imminent political endings. Much of this noise

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BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR: Africa on the Threshold of 2026

The evidence of Africa’s reconquest and recolonization is abundant and overwhelming—if only we are willing to understand it honestly. The unspoken premises and overarching worldview behind it rest on deeply entrenched beliefs: that African (Black) lives do not count; that Blacks are not fully human; that they are genetically inferior; that they possess no history

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From Denial to Inevitability: Dr. Martin Mungwa explains How Ambazonia Crossed the Point of No Return

As 2026 begins, the message is unambiguous. There is no turning back. Institutions are in place. Strategy is aligned. Diplomacy is advancing deliberately. The struggle has outgrown improvisation and entered a phase of irreversible momentum. By Dr. Martin MungwaCommissioned Secretary of State for Communications and DiplomacyGovernment of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) As

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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

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Somaliland and Ambazonia: What One Struggle Can Tell Us About Another

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

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Patriotism for Sale: When the Flag Becomes a Cover for Theft

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

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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

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Special Status: the oxygen mask to rescue Kamto’s Bamileke base under the Beti-Bulu rule.

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

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