Commentary

Formal independence occurred in 1960. But independence is not completed by a date. It is completed when a people possess the institutions, economic capacity, political freedom, and strategic confidence to determine their own future. By Uchiba Nelson, Contributor The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying purchases Its back to school, equip

The alleged ADF–Atanga Nji relationship is therefore not something that should be decided through social-media warfare. It is an allegation that can potentially be tested through witnesses, communications, financial records, authenticated documents and a carefully reconstructed chronology. If the witnesses are prepared to speak, let their statements be taken properly. If documents exist, let qualified

Ambazonians should prepare intelligently. Verify every announcement. Distinguish an official directive from a social-media rumour. Protect vulnerable people. Reject unnecessary intimidation and violence. And remember that political discipline is itself part of nation-building. The anniversary is bigger than any poster, personality or faction. October 1 belongs to the people. Let it be approached with memory,

A journalist may bring attention. A diaspora may provide resources. But ultimately, the people seeking sovereignty must construct the political, economic, institutional, and civic capacity capable of sustaining it. A declaration begins a national project. Perseverance sustains it. Solidarity strengthens it. Diplomacy opens space for it. Institutions give it substance. And a prepared people gives

The objective should not be another flag over another weak African state. It should be a republic in which freedom, property, enterprise, religious liberty, minority rights, public accountability and peaceful political succession belong equally to every citizen. That is the difference between ethnonational exclusion and genuine self-determination. And that should become one of the clearest

Can Southern Cameroons–Ambazonia build a peaceful, democratic, productive and responsibly governed society capable of securing its own future while contributing to the stability and prosperity of Britain, the United States, Africa and the wider international community? If that proposition can be demonstrated rather than merely declared, the Southern Cameroons question enters a fundamentally different arena.

Truth without courage is paralysis. But truth joined to resilience, learning, responsibility, and the courage to continue can outlive governments, personalities, propaganda, and temporary defeat. We should never quit simply because the road is long. We should learn. We should adapt. We should build. We should rise. And we should continue. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief,

The task is harder. Establish the documentary record. Reconstruct the constitutional chain. Identify what was agreed. Identify what changed. Identify what protections existed. Identify what happened to them. Then confront the political consequences honestly. Because behind the soldier’s presence lies a question no military operation can finally answer: What exactly was agreed in 1961, what

French Cameroun did not go dark because the world refused to praise its president. It went dark because the survival of the ruler became more important than the success of the nation—and foreign acceptance helped make that failure sustainable. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-chief The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying

Africa too often negotiates only to acquire finished projects and debt. That must change. When Africa negotiates as a divided collection of commodity exporters, external powers dictate the terms. When Africa integrates as a productive market, it begins writing the terms itself. When opportunity circulates where people live, migration becomes a choice. Until then, the