Commentary

As the world watches succession unfold in Cameroon, one question may ultimately define the next decade: Will the post-Biya era produce genuine political transformation? Or merely a more sophisticated management of the same unresolved crisis? By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, Independentist News9 May 2026 As Cameroon enters what may be the final political chapter of President

The survival of Ambazonia will therefore depend not only on resistance in the field, diplomacy abroad, or political negotiation. It will also depend on the preservation of clarity within the soul of the people. And perhaps this is now the deeper challenge before Ambazonia: not simply how to resist externally — but how to remain

A significant segment of the Ambazonian movement no longer views the conflict through the lens of minority rights within Cameroon. Instead, it views the crisis as a question of national self-determination and political separation. By Carl SandersGuest Writer, The Independentist News, Soho, London9 May 2026 At moments of political uncertainty, old political formulas often return

Whether intentionally or not, Pope Leo XIV may have accelerated that transition in global perception. The visible structures of power in Cameroon remain standing. But internationally, the moral and diplomatic terrain beneath those structures may now be shifting. By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News At first glance, the visit of Pope Leo XIV

History Has Shifted Arenas Empires once decided. Now, systems compete. And in that competition, questions once buried do not disappear. They re-emerge— reframed, re-evaluated, and sometimes—resolved. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News History leaves questions. Power decides which ones remain buried. For decades, Ambazonia has been treated as a peripheral crisis—contained within the

Unresolved obligations do not disappear with time. Ambazonia raises a question that extends beyond its borders: What is the responsibility of an administering authority when decolonisation concludes without enforceable constitutional settlement? Until that question is addressed, silence is not neutrality. It is inheritance. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News History does not end

If decolonization is to retain meaning, it cannot remain selective. If international principles are to retain credibility, they cannot remain conditional.Because history does not disappear. It waits. And when it returns, it does not ask quietly By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News For decades, the language of empire has been softened. It has

The world now faces a narrowing choice: continue to defend a structure whose legitimacy is eroding, or acknowledge that what is unfolding is not disorder — but delayed decolonization. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News In 1960, the world celebrated the end of empire. Seventeen African nations rose. Flags were raised. Anthems were sung.

This is no longer a conventional conflict. It is a contest of will. Of clarity. Of psychological endurance. The enemy cannot defeat Ambazonia militarily. But Ambazonia can defeat itself psychologically. Through doubt. Through hesitation. Through fear disguised as prudence. That is the final battlefield. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News Opening Frame: The