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Les visites diplomatiques à l’ELECAM peuvent améliorer les processus d’inscription des électeurs, mais sans un engagement aussi visible et ferme en faveur des droits humains, de la résolution des conflits et des libertés politiques, elles risquent de n’être que des gestes symboliques. Par The Independentist desk Éditorial Le représentant du Haut-Commissariat britannique pour la région
These diplomatic visits to ELECAM may improve voter registration processes, but without equally visible and vocal engagement on human rights, conflict resolution, and political freedoms, they risk becoming symbolic gestures. By The Independentist editorial The British High Commission’s Southwest representative has just toured the regional offices of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) in Buea, praising preparations for
The files are clear. There has never been a treaty of union between Southern Cameroons — today’s Ambazonia — and La République du Cameroun. Editorial desk – The Independentist For decades, the political establishment in Yaoundé and their allies abroad have repeated the same fiction: that the former British Southern Cameroons is a “region” of
Issa chiroma Bakary, Maurice Kamto,Joshua Osih, Bello Bouba Maïgari are yesterday’s political pillars that have been neutralized in the political scene. By The Independentist Editorial desk. August 7, 2025 When Cameroon’s Constitutional Council announced its decision on the 2025 presidential race, it confirmed what many already knew: no meaningful challenger will be allowed to threaten
Maurice Kamto. Il a finalement choisi de se retirer discrètement — en remboursant les dons de campagne et en quittant la scène sans résistance — laissant derrière lui une vague de désillusion. Par The Independentist7 août 2025 Il existe des moments dans la vie d’une nation où le vrai visage de ses leaders se révèle.
Maurice Kamto, his decision to withdraw quietly—returning campaign donations and abandoning the field without protest—has left a trail of disillusionment in its wake. By The Independentist Editorial deskAugust 7, 2025 There are moments in the life of a nation when the character of its leaders is laid bare. Maurice Kamto’s recent retreat from Cameroon’s 2025
President Amadou Ahidjo visits the colonial master. At Independence, all were blind to the conditions under which that freedom was granted. By Ali Dan Ismael – editor in chief When French Cameroon celebrated independence in 1960, few questioned the conditions under which that freedom was granted. Hidden beneath the tricolor flag and newly written constitutions
By The Independentist editorial desk– Truth in Resistance, Clarity in Crisis In the political theatre of French Cameroon, peace is often preached—but rarely practiced. It is used not to uphold justice but to suppress it, not to resolve conflict but to mask continuity in control. Behind this facade is a decades-long blueprint that traces its
Issa Chiroma Bakary,His public support for a united opposition and his call for Maurice Kamto to be reinstated as a presidential candidate, hit the wrong chord. By The Editorial Desk, The Independentist The unfolding case of Issa Tchiroma Bakary, former Minister of Communication and now a presidential hopeful, presents a powerful illustration of the crisis
There exists no treaty of union between the former British Southern Cameroons and La République du Cameroun. No constitutional ratification. No bilateral agreement. Two countries with two separate maps. An Editorial by The Independentist On this day, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, we reaffirm our editorial responsibility as The Independentist—not simply to report events, but to
