Commentary

In 1985, Paul Biya rebranded the UNC into the RDPC, a mere name change without legal foundation By Timothy Enongene for The Independentist For decades, the Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) has masqueraded as a political party. In truth, it is nothing more than a state corporation — a colonial franchise engineered by France

Amina Mohammed, is suggested turned down a financial packge. But as Geneva raises alarms while New York remains silent, doubts grow. If the inducement was refused, why is there no clear denial? And if it was not refused, then the silence is complicity. By The Independentist editorial Desk When UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visited

From Quebec to Indochina, from Algeria to Rwanda, and now in Ambazonia, the story is the same. France reaches too far, fails, and leaves behind ashes — sometimes its own, too often those of others. This is not strategy. It is not leadership. It is humiliation dressed as grandeur, and history will remember it as

John Ngu Foncha, leader of Southern Cameroons, stood alone in Foumban, deprived of genuine British support,despite her obligations as trustee, No treaty was signed. No legal framework existed. By The Independentist Editorial Desk The relationship between Britain and the people of the former British Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) remains one of the most unspoken betrayals of

Paul Biya: dares to lecture about tribalism. This from the very man who divided Cameroon along ethnic lines, entrenched nepotism, and used ethnicity as a weapon to rule. By The Independentist editorial desk Paul Biya has all the trappings of a monarch, styled in the shadow of Louis XIV. His CPDM party colours are embroidered

Francis Nkwain, then La République du Cameroun’s Minister in charge of Commonwealth affairs. Known for corruption at home, he carried that same reputation abroad. Nkwain understood exactly how to buy his way into the club of nations: charm in public, bribery in private. By The Independentist Special Correspondent Cameroon’s admission into the Commonwealth of Nations

Britain cannot claim ignorance. It knows the truth of Ambazonia. Yet year after year, it buries our story under trade deals, cheap bananas, and geopolitical bargains with France. By The Independentist Editorial Desk This year’s Commonwealth Day passed in the usual pomp and ceremony. Speeches were read. Flags were flown. Britain reminded the world of

Tchiroma replaces Kamto as France’s salesman, Agbor Balla seeks self-interest, Ayuk Tabe remains compromised under duress, and Chris Anu operates in the shadows. By The Independentist Special Correspondent in Yaoundé The Return of an Old Trick Federalism has suddenly re-emerged in the political theatre of Yaoundé. But for Ambazonians, the memory is sharp: this system

Les prophètes — Tumi, Verdzekov, Fonlon, Wirba, Yaouda, Kleda — qui défendirent la dignité et la justice. Par The Independentist desk editoriale PARTIE I — LES PROPHÈTES : Tumi, Verdzekov et les Voix de Conscience Dans la longue nuit de dictature au Cameroun, deux prélats anglophones se sont levés comme des phares : le Cardinal

The prophets — Tumi, Verdzekov, Fonlon, Wirba, Yaouda, Kleda — who stood for dignity and justice. By The Independentist editorial desk PART I — THE PROPHETS: Tumi, Verdzekov, and the Voices of Conscience In the long night of dictatorship in Cameroon, two Anglophone prelates stood as beacons: Cardinal Christian Tumi and Archbishop Paul Verdzekov. Both