Commentary

The suggestion that someone of Dr. Vera Songwe’s stature could become Prime Minister illustrates this familiar strategy. No serious observer doubts her credentials. Her career, including leadership at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa under Secretary-General António Guterres, demonstrates technical excellence in macroeconomic policy, development finance, and institutional reform. By Kemi Ashu for The

To the people of Bamenda—and to all who watch from near and far—steadfastness does not mean surrendering to despair, nor to rage. It means refusing to let violence define identity or fear determine the future. The night may be long, but history shows that endurance grounded in awareness is harder to extinguish than any campaign

The UK partnership is not economic — it is optical. It provides international legitimacy, donor credibility, diplomatic cover, diaspora deception, and development branding. This is foreign legitimacy laundering. The regime does not want UK investment; it wants UK symbolism — a stamp, a logo, a flag, a narrative — so it can say, “The world

Pan-Africanism was born as a doctrine of liberation from colonial domination. In 2026, it is being repurposed as a tool of internal annexation. The “unity” promoted by the Biya regime over the former British southern Cameroons—and enabled by the African Union’s silence—is not a union of consent but a union of conquest. By Timothy Enongene

The Ambazonian struggle presents the African Union with a historic opportunity to decolonize itself. It can either remain a club of incumbents shielding one another from accountability, or evolve into a union that protects the aspirations of Africa’s peoples. By Timothy Enongene, Guest Editor-in-Chief The Independentistnews Addis Ababa January 23, 2026 – The headquarters of

By refusing to correct this historical injustice, the African Union chooses the legacy of forced unions over the Pan-African principle of voluntary association. A continent cannot be decolonized if its leading institution still worships colonial cartography. No border is more sacred than the blood of children in Gidado or Ngarbuh. By Timothy Enongene, Guest editor

Former Southern Cameroonians have not been absent from public life. They have served as ministers, parliamentary leaders, and senior administrators. But these roles have largely remained symbolically inclusive while structurally constrained—representation without authority, presence without power. By Ndifor Richard M. The Independentistnews contributor Cameroon’s Ambazonian conflict did not arise suddenly, nor is it the result

The choice is clear. History is watching. And Africa’s youth—impatient, informed, and unstoppable—will no longer applaud those who cling to yesterday while quietly stealing tomorrow By M. C. Folo The Independentistnews contributor A Continent at a Leadership Crossroads Africa is once again at a crossroads—not of geography, but of leadership. The continent stands between two

The economic crisis of Cameroon is not inevitable. It is the outcome of choices—bureaucracy over production, debt over discipline, repression over trust. By The Independentistnews Economic desk YAOUNDE January 2026 – The 2026 finance law of Cameroon reads like a warning label for any nation that mistakes borrowing for development. More than one-third of the

Leaders such as Yoweri Museveni, Paul Biya, and Denis Sassou Nguesso have perfected what political scientists now describe as electoral autocracy: a system where elections are not instruments of choice, but tools of control. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief The Independentistnews Across Africa, a dangerous illusion persists: that elections alone are proof of democracy. From