Commentary

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

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

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

True independence cannot rest on declarations alone. It must be rooted in control over money, markets, and national priorities. Until Africa governs its own currency, political freedom will remain incomplete. By M. C. Folo The Independentistnews contributor In the heart of Africa—where natural resources abound and cultures pulse with life—a quiet but insidious legacy of

This new cabinet leak, is not a reset. It is a holding pattern for a failing order. A government that answers crisis with recycling has already admitted defeat. History will not remember this cabinet as a solution—but as evidence. By Kfusalu Bochong and Mankah Rosa Parks, The Independentistnews Editorial Desk A Cabinet of Survival, Not

Ambazonia does not reject unity. It rejects false unity. It rejects unity without justice, unity without consent, unity enforced by guns. True unity is chosen, not imposed. It is built on equality, not domination. The blade falls here as Yaoundé’s strategy depends on one lie: that repetition can replace legitimacy. It cannot. By Ali Dan

They may endure for a time through fear, but they do not survive the moment when the illusion collapses under its own weight. That moment is no longer theoretical. It is already visible — in Yaoundé’s paralysis, and in Southern Cameroons’ refusal to be ruled by a state that no longer exists as a governing

For Ambazonia, this episode is a reminder that facts, when patiently assembled, eventually speak louder than those who try to suppress them. And for Cameroon, it is a warning: a state that loses its voice abroad cannot expect to command legitimacy at home. By The Independentistnews Political Desk Recent reports circulating across Cameroonian and regional

Decades later, Ni John Fru Ndi emerged as another towering charismatic figure. He electrified crowds, challenged authoritarianism, and became the symbol of opposition politics. Millions invested emotional hope in his leadership.Yet charisma without transformation is failure. By the Independentist Political Desk History is remarkably consistent on one point: leadership driven primarily by charisma — whether

The future does not belong to those who are loud, correct, or emotionally satisfied. It belongs to those who are organized, disciplined, and relentless. Those who understand that power concedes nothing to petitions, only to leverage. Asia moved forward because it stopped asking to be understood and started insisting on being effective. Africa must do