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Napoleon at Waterloo. The French army in 1940. Dien Bien Phu. Algeria. The Sahel. Sarkozy’s verdict. Macron’s collapsing presidency. Each episode is different, but the rhythm is the same. By The Independentist news deskOctober 6, 2025 For over two centuries, humiliation has been the recurring punctuation mark in the French imperial story. From Napoleon’s Waterloo

Chris Anu, Marianta, Cho Ayaba, Ebenezer Akwanga, Tapang Ivo, and Capo Daniel — names that once dominated conversations within the movement — were conspicuously absent from both the public celebrations and the strategic events that defined this historic commemoration. By The Independentist Editorial Desk As Ambazonians across the homeland and the diaspora celebrated Independence Day

In 1901, Governor Jesko von Puttkamer moved the capital inland to Buea, on the slopes of Mount Cameroon. The relocation was motivated by climatic considerations and administrative convenience: Buea’s elevation offered a healthier environment for Europeans and facilitated inland control. By The Independentist editorial Desk For more than sixty years, La République du Cameroun has

Whether true or not, the story reflects the larger reality: a leader who rarely appears in public, whose health is tightly hidden, yet who insists on running for another term after more than four decades in power. By Timothy Enongene The independentist The Rumour Once again, questions surround Paul Biya, the 92-year-old President of La

Ambazonian exile leadership and diaspora institutions ensured continuity. From Berlin to Washington, Ambazonian representatives sustained the claim to sovereignty through official communiqués, symbolic government structures, and persistent international advocacy. Much like de Gaulle’s broadcasts, these efforts became the heartbeat of a people under siege. By The Independentist editorial desk. Introduction The history of liberation struggles

Yet amid this new multipolar race for influence, Ambazonia’s question remains unresolved. The world rushes to redraw alliances, but the people of Ambazonia are left trapped in an annexation they never chose, invisible to the same great powers who once denied them independence in the name of global stability. By The Independentist editorial Desk Once

These assurances were given in speeches before the UN Decolonization Committee, the General Assembly, in public addresses, and even to the BBC. They were repeated often enough to convince not only our leaders, but also the world. By Celeste Maddox, Contributor Why We Cannot Forget The struggle of the Southern Cameroons — Ambazonia — is

Le Libéralisme Communautaire de Biya s’inscrivait parfaitement dans ce dispositif. Il subordonnait la liberté à l’unité, assimilait le fédéralisme au tribalisme, et sacralisait le chef comme incarnation de l’État. Ce fut l’expression locale d’un projet plus vaste : un Mein Kampf africanisé, combiné à la monarchie présidentielle de De Gaulle. Par MC Chryton, Desk Politique

De l’enlèvement de Sisiku, à l’effondrement de Chris Anu, à l’isolement de Marianta, à la disparition de Kometa, jusqu’à l’incarcération d’Ayaba — chaque tentative de décapitation a eu une conséquence inattendue. En écartant ceux qui étaient les plus enclins à compromettre, les plus avides d’argent ou les plus facilement dupés, l’ennemi a ironiquement purifié la

Biya’s Communal Liberalism fit perfectly into this framework. It subordinated freedom to unity, branded federalism as tribalism, and exalted the leader as the embodiment of the nation. It was the local expression of a broader authoritarian vision — an Africanised Mein Kampf, combined with de Gaulle’s presidential monarchy. By MC Chryton, The Independentist Political Desk