Commentary

No conference, however well staged, can substitute for a credible political process. No collection of carefully selected participants can replace genuine representation. And no amount of diplomatic language can conceal a simple truth: A process that avoids the core of a conflict cannot resolve it. By Lester MaddoxGuest Contributor, The Independentist NewsOakland County, California |

The Vatican has not declared a position on Ambazonia. But it has rendered one outcome increasingly difficult to sustain: The pretense that the world is not watching. And for a system built on managing perception, that pretense was never peripheral. It was foundational. By Carl SandersGuest Writer, The Independentist News | Soho, London LUANDA /

Those who spread panic without proof weaken the very struggle they claim to defend. And whether they know it or not, they serve the enemy. This is the line. Stand firm, or fall divided. History will record which choice was made. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief The Independentist news The battlefield has shifted. The enemy

May 20 does not resolve the question of Southern Cameroons. It exposes it. And the more it is performed without consent, the clearer that exposure becomes. For in the end, nations are not held together by ceremonies, but by legitimacy. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News History does not merely remember dates. It

Negotiation without legitimacy is theater. Dialogue without consent is imposition. Elections without participation are performance. And power without legitimacy—no matter how long it endures—remains fundamentally negotiable, but not on its own terms. History has settled that argument already. By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News A Crisis Beyond Misunderstanding History is unforgiving to illusions.

The question now is whether that truth will remain a statement—or become a process. Because if dialogue is necessary, then its absence is no longer procedural. It is consequential. And in conflicts of this scale, consequences do not disappear. They accumulate—politically, morally, and historically. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News There are moments

An American-formed Pope does not need to instruct. His posture defines expectation: speak plainly, stand where the suffering is visible, avoid proximity to power that compromises moral authority. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News A Pope who speaks like an American is not just a spiritual leader—he is a geopolitical event. For the

The question is no longer whether systems of imposed control eventually end. History has answered that, repeatedly. The only question that remains is how they end: through managed transition, negotiation, and foresight, or through prolonged conflict, pressure, and eventual rupture By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief The Independentistnews History is not sentimental. It does not reward

Faith is not validated by proximity to power.Authentic spirituality cannot be outsourced to institutions alone. The credibility of the church rests on truthfulness, not alignment. This is not a rejection of institutions—it is a re-grounding of them. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentistnews There was a time when the sanctuary stood apart—where the pulpit

The door now exists. Whether it widens or closes will not be decided by others alone. It will be decided by the discipline, coherence, and seriousness of what is done next By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief The Independentistnews Let us be clear, without exaggeration and without apology: Nothing has been granted. Nothing has been resolved.