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Somaliland and Ambazonia: What One Struggle Can Tell Us About Another

The real question is not why Ambazonia has not yet reached Somaliland’s stage—but whether the international community is willing to confront, early rather than late, the human costs of unresolved political unions and prolonged state violence. By Steve Neba-Fuh The Independentistnews contributor When people compare Somaliland and Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia), they are not claiming the

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Patriotism for Sale: When the Flag Becomes a Cover for Theft

Such systems thrive where loyalty to party or ethnic bloc outweighs loyalty to principle, and where supporters excuse corruption not because they doubt it exists, but because it benefits “their side.” By M. C. Folo The Indepenedentistnews contributor Across much of Africa’s political landscape, patriotism has been stripped of its meaning. It no longer serves

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Cameroon’s Conflict Cure: Stealing the Separatists’ Thunder

Names confer recognition. When the state refuses to adopt the language through which people understand their suffering, it sends a clear message: your reality does not count. That denial has consequences. By Colbert Gwain | The Muteff Factor (formerly The Colbert Factor) How the Government of Cameroon Can Begin Ending a Senseless Conflict by Appropriating

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Special Status: the oxygen mask to rescue Kamto’s Bamileke base under the Beti-Bulu rule.

Let it be written plainly: Special Status was never meant to free Ambazonia. It was meant to outlive Ambazonia. And Ambazonia refuses to disappear quietly so others may inherit its chains—polished, renamed, and called reform. By The Independentistnews Political Desk “In attempting to suffocate Ambazonia through ‘Special Status,’ Prof. Maurice Kamto may have been unconsciously

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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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