Editorial series

Whether the eventual transition unfolds through orderly succession, elite negotiation, military influence, or broader national instability remains unknown. What is increasingly clear, however, is that Cameroon is approaching the structural end of the Biya era. And an entire nation is now waiting to discover what comes next. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News8 May

The grounding of a Prime Minister at the point of departure is an unusual event in any political system. In a centralized and transition-sensitive environment, it becomes analytically significant. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News Editor’s Note: Timothy Enongene serves as Guest Editor-in-Chief for this special analysis series, bringing independent, policy-focused perspective to critical

The recent changes in Cameroon’s National Assembly are not best understood as the beginning of a reform cycle. They are part of a succession architecture designed to ensure continuity within an established system of power. In such systems, disruption is often controlled, reform is frequently symbolic, and transition is carefully engineered. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief,

The evolving language used to describe the situation in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions is not incidental. It reflects the intersection of media constraints, political incentives, and the broader struggle over how the conflict is defined. Whether characterized as war or insecurity, the terminology shapes both perception and response. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist

If representation can be effectively removed from the management of national resources—such as electricity—then the argument that the Anglophone crisis is administrative rather than structural becomes increasingly difficult to sustain. By Timothy EnongeneGuest Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News Editor’s Note: Timothy Enongene serves as Guest Editor-in-Chief for this special analysis series, bringing independent, policy-focused perspective to

The international community has two choices.Pretend the legal truth does not exist and watch the conflict continue Or Uphold the law and end the conflict through justice. Ambazonia has chosen dignity over silence, legality over force, and hope over despair. The world must now choose whether it will defend the principles it claims to stand

Proof of statehood: The Montevideo criteria. Ambazonia has, a defined territory, a permanent population, A functioning internal governance movement, The capacity to engage diplomatically with international actors, These are the exact requirements for statehood under international law. Recognition by other nations does not create a state. It only acknowledges one that already exists By The

Without constitutional checks, security forces operated with impunity. Moments of peaceful protest or political expression were met with violence. Arbitrary arrests, torture, and intimidation became tools of governance. Ambazonian voices were not just ignored, they were punished. By The Independentist Political DeskPart Three of the Constitutional Truth Series In 1972, when federalism was abolished by

By unilaterally abolishing federalism, Yaoundé destroyed the very basis of the union. A treaty that never existed could not be amended. A minority state whose voice was silenced could not be bound. By The Independentist Political DeskPart Two of the Constitutional Truth Series In 1961, the world believed a new federation had been formed between

Ambazonia did not secede from Cameroon. Cameroon dissolved the union and annexed Ambazonia. A state robbed of its sovereignty has every right and every legal duty to restore it. This is the essence of the Ambazonian struggle. This is why the bullets have not silenced the truth. This is why freedom is inevitable. By The