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The CFA Franc: A Currency of Colonial Control and Economic Dependency

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

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Recycled Power, Permanent War: Yaoundé’s New Cabinet Exposes a State That Cannot Reform

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

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UNITY AS A WEAPON, LIBERALISM AS A HALLUCINATION

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

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Yaoundé Governs by Illusion — and Occupies by Force

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

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When a State Loses Its Voice — And Why It Matters to Ambazonia

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

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When Charisma Replaces Ideas: The High Cost of Personality-Driven Leadership

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

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Stop Begging History: What Asia Did Right — and Why Africa Must do same.

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

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Between Drumbeat and Border: Africa’s Diaspora, the Motherland, and the Long Argument of Belonging

The argument between the motherland and her scattered children is not about loyalty. It is about trust. And like all enduring relationships, its future will be decided not by denial or nostalgia, but by the courage to reimagine belonging in a world where home is no longer a single place, but a shared purpose. By

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Calling on the Consciences of the International Community to Stand for Humanity, Justice, Freedom, and Human Rights

As the Nera 10 go to the supreme court come December 18th, the world is watching. History will judge the response of the international community. Forward ever. Backward never. By Francis MbahChairperson, Diplomatic and Advocacy UnitAmbazonia Community, South Africa A Call to Global Conscience The international community is once again called upon to rise in

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A Sovereign Warning to the Northern Zone: Identity Is Sacred, Not a Playground for Ambition

Any idea that one group can overshadow another within the Northern Zone is dead on arrival. Oku, Mbiame, Nkambe, Kumbo, Ndu — each community holds an equal and sacred place in the Ambazonian map. There will be no new cultural colonizers. There will be no internal empires. By Vivian Abiedu The Independentist contributor Ambazonia’s Struggle

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