Legal companion

Legal companion

INDEPENDENCE BY JOINING? The Legal Puzzle Behind Ambazonia’s Struggle for Sovereignty

Barrister Timothy Mbeseha,the legal luminary. By Barrister Timothy Mbeseha A Short But Complicated StoryWhen people talk about the independence of countries in Africa, the case of Southern Cameroons stands out. Why? Because it’s one of the few cases where a people were asked to become independent by joining another country. That phrase—“independence by joining”—sounds strange.

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Breach of Trust: How Southern Cameroons Was Betrayed by Britain, France, and the UNFrom UN Trust Territory to Forced Union and Annexation — A Story of Colonial Deception

Barrister Timothy Mbeseha The independentist legal columnist By Barrister Timothy Mbeseha Douala–Yaoundé–Buea, July 2025 — More than six decades after the fateful events of 1 October 1961, a growing body of legal scholarship continues to challenge the legitimacy of the union between Southern Cameroons and the Republic of Cameroon. At the center of this renewed

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