Commentary

For Ambazonians, the challenge moving forward is not simply resisting external pressures. It is building a disciplined political and military culture capable of commanding the confidence of its people, attracting international respect, and sustaining the long struggle for self-determination By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News History teaches a consistent lesson across liberation movements: no

True justice for Martinez Zogo and true peace for Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) will come only when the machinery of state terror, impunity, and coercion is dismantled. The Independentist News Commentary by the editorial desk. The chilling scenes presented inside the Yaoundé Military Tribunal on 1 June 2026 did more than expose the gruesome final moments

Such a vision requires investment, planning, and political will. But above all, it requires the belief that our natural advantages were meant to serve our people rather than remain dormant. The Atlantic Ocean has always been there. The deep waters have always been there. The opportunity has always been there. The challenge before us is

The ultimate lesson is simple. A nation cannot build prosperity in a permanent waiting room. Sooner or later, every society must choose between expectation and action, between inertia and progress, between waiting for the future and creating it. Because a people who wait forever eventually discover that the future they were waiting for has already

The nations that will dominate the twenty-first century are not necessarily those with the largest populations or the largest territories. They are the nations that successfully combine vision, infrastructure, technology, and competent institutions. Energy sits at the centre of that equation. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News WHEN POWER MEANT MORE THAN ELECTRICITY Electricity

What is certain is this: The struggle for the future of Cameroon has already begun. And some of its most important battles are being fought not in parliament, not at the ballot box, and not on television. They are being fought quietly, behind closed doors, among the men who control access to tomorrow. By Ali

The greatest victory of any occupier is not military conquest. It is convincing the occupied to forget who they are. A people who know their history cannot easily be manipulated. A people who understand their identity cannot easily be redefined. A people who remember their name cannot easily disappear. The struggle for Southern Cameroons is

The lesson is clear: decolonisation is not complete when a colonial flag is lowered. It is complete only when the political future of a people is settled with clarity, legitimacy, and consent. In Southern Cameroons, that settlement remains unfinished. And for many of its people, the unanswered questions of 1961—and Britain’s silence thereafter—remain among the

Empires rise. Empires decline. But history remembers. And history eventually asks every empire the same question: Was the wealth worth the cost? The answer may determine how future generations remember Britain—not as Britain remembers itself, but as the world remembers it. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-Chief, The Independentist News For centuries, Britain stood at the centre

The rise of AES represents one of the most political experiments in modern African history. It has already changed the conversation. It has already challenged assumptions. It has already forced institutions to examine themselves. Yet the true test still lies ahead. The ultimate measure of success will not be speeches. It will not be symbolism.