Investigative commentary

Investigative commentary

THE BIAFRA TRAP: How AGovC, IGCARE, and Competing Political Alignments Risked Compromising the Southern Cameroons Independence Case

Biafra must make the case for Biafra. Southern Cameroons must make the case for Southern Cameroons. A Movement Must Know What It IsThe greatest danger facing an independence movement is not always military defeat. Sometimes it is strategic transformation. By The Independentist News Investigative and Political Desk As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying

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ADF KIDNAPPING AND ATTACK IN WOWO VILLAGE, Thirteen Residents Reportedly Injured, Businessman Abducted and FCFA 4 Million Ransom Allegedly Collected

Who exercises command responsibility over the armed unit concerned? The medical records of the injured residents should be preserved. Witness statements should be taken independently. Ransom-payment evidence should be secured. Telephone records and threatening communications should be retained. And every allegation should be subjected to corroboration. The Independentist News investigative report As Amazon associate this

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The Photograph Is Not the President: Why Official Images of Paul Biya’s Return Have Not Resolved Questions About His Capacity to Govern

A live president should be capable, within reasonable medical limitations, of appearing live. A functioning government should be capable of explaining who is governing. A constitutional republic should not require citizens to determine the condition of its head of state by comparing old airport photographs. By The Ambazonia Intelligence ServiceOpen-Source Intelligence Analysis for The Independentist

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ROI OF THE NSAHLAI CAMPAIGN: TRACKING “AMBAZONIAN TERRORISTS” IN AMERICA — SUCCESS, ATTRIBUTION AND THE LIMITS OF THE RECORD

A constitutional republic does not determine guilt from the flag someone carries, the political outcome someone supports or the terminology preferred by a foreign government. It asks a simpler and more demanding question: What did this individual actually do, and can it be proven under law? That should remain the American standard whether the accusation

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FROM GLENCOREGATE TO TOLLCAM: THE MONEY, THE MISRULE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SHIELD AROUND YAOUNDÉ

From Glencoregate to Tollcam, the evidence increasingly suggests that the international community should at least be willing to ask whether a better political architecture for the future is possible than the one it continues to protect today. By the Ambazonia Intelligence Service for The Independentist News As Amazon associate this site earns from qualifying purchases

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THE TOLLCAM BILL COMES DUE: YAOUNDÉ’S €54 MILLION DISPUTE, DIPLOMATIC INSULATION AND THE COST OF GOVERNING WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY

Britain and France should therefore ask themselves whether preserving inherited political arrangements is still worth the cost. They must grow beyond the greed and reflexes of empire before the world grows beyond them. Otherwise, one day they may discover that they have lost on both fronts: diminishing influence in an Africa that increasingly rejects the

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