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Is Paul Biya in Switzerland for Hormone Treatments?

Whether true or not, the story reflects the larger reality: a leader who rarely appears in public, whose health is tightly hidden, yet who insists on running for another term after more than four decades in power. By Timothy Enongene The independentist The Rumour Once again, questions surround Paul Biya, the 92-year-old President of La

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Symbols of Resistance and the Politics of Survival: Charles de Gaulle’s France and Ambazonia’s Dilemma

Ambazonian exile leadership and diaspora institutions ensured continuity. From Berlin to Washington, Ambazonian representatives sustained the claim to sovereignty through official communiqués, symbolic government structures, and persistent international advocacy. Much like de Gaulle’s broadcasts, these efforts became the heartbeat of a people under siege. By The Independentist editorial desk. Introduction The history of liberation struggles

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Ambazonia: The Struggle That No Longer Threatens the World Order

Yet amid this new multipolar race for influence, Ambazonia’s question remains unresolved. The world rushes to redraw alliances, but the people of Ambazonia are left trapped in an annexation they never chose, invisible to the same great powers who once denied them independence in the name of global stability. By The Independentist editorial Desk Once

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This Is Why We Fight: The Betrayal of the Too-Trusting People of the Southern Cameroons

These assurances were given in speeches before the UN Decolonization Committee, the General Assembly, in public addresses, and even to the BBC. They were repeated often enough to convince not only our leaders, but also the world. By Celeste Maddox, Contributor Why We Cannot Forget The struggle of the Southern Cameroons — Ambazonia — is

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Le Libéralisme Communautaire et l’Ombre de Mein Kampf

Le Libéralisme Communautaire de Biya s’inscrivait parfaitement dans ce dispositif. Il subordonnait la liberté à l’unité, assimilait le fédéralisme au tribalisme, et sacralisait le chef comme incarnation de l’État. Ce fut l’expression locale d’un projet plus vaste : un Mein Kampf africanisé, combiné à la monarchie présidentielle de De Gaulle. Par MC Chryton, Desk Politique

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Les Vautours qui ont Aidé Sako à Exceller dans la Diplomatie

De l’enlèvement de Sisiku, à l’effondrement de Chris Anu, à l’isolement de Marianta, à la disparition de Kometa, jusqu’à l’incarcération d’Ayaba — chaque tentative de décapitation a eu une conséquence inattendue. En écartant ceux qui étaient les plus enclins à compromettre, les plus avides d’argent ou les plus facilement dupés, l’ennemi a ironiquement purifié la

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Communal Liberalism and the Shadow of Mein Kampf

Biya’s Communal Liberalism fit perfectly into this framework. It subordinated freedom to unity, branded federalism as tribalism, and exalted the leader as the embodiment of the nation. It was the local expression of a broader authoritarian vision — an Africanised Mein Kampf, combined with de Gaulle’s presidential monarchy. By MC Chryton, The Independentist Political Desk

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L’Afrique ne portera pas la France

Pour gratter 4,5 milliards, les dirigeants français veulent supprimer le lundi de Pâques et le jour de la Victoire, contraignant leurs citoyens à travailler davantage. Mais la rue gronde. Les grèves paralysent les trains, les écoles ferment leurs portes, les hôpitaux ploient sous les coupes budgétaires et la colère éclate sur les boulevards. Par la

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L’Afrique n’attendra pas : dévoiler les doubles standards coloniaux au XXIe siècle

Les réseaux sociaux ont transformé cette colère en action. De Bamenda à Bamako, les Africains diffusent en direct les abus, lancent des hashtags et contestent en temps réel les récits coloniaux. Le monopole de Londres et Paris sur l’information est brisé. Introduction À travers l’Afrique, la décolonisation entamée dans les années 1950 et 1960 est

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Africa Will Not Carry France

To scrape together €4.5 billion, French leaders want to abolish Easter Monday and Victory Day, forcing citizens to work longer. By The Independentist Economic Desk France, once a symbol of Western prosperity, is now drowning in its own contradictions. Its debt stands at €3.3 trillion, with annual interest surpassing $60 billion — larger than the

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