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Eighteen years after he rose to power promising a “stronger France,” Sarkozy returned to the headlines in disgrace, sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in the alleged Libyan-financing scandal. The man who once boasted of making and unmaking African presidents was now just another inmate, stripped of grandeur but not of arrogance.

Under Biya’s 43-year reign, justice has been privatized. It is not blind; it sees only what the regime permits it to see. The judiciary has become a political militia in robes — an appendage of the presidency, designed to protect power, silence dissent, and legitimize repression. From fabricated terrorism charges to the imprisonment of journalists,

In Yaoundé and Douala, demonstrations have been mostly peaceful but increasingly vocal, with protesters chanting “50 years is enough.”Security forces have maintained a visible presence around government buildings, and officials insist that public order will be maintained. By Dr. Elias Koffi, Translated and Edited by The Independentist Desk Yaoundé, Cameroon — October 21, 2025 Recent

We must not repeat the errors of 1961. Our forefathers entered cohabitation with French Cameroun as equals, but that agreement was betrayed. Southern Cameroons was illegally reduced from a sovereign state to “regions” under French rule. By Shey Lewis, Independent Contributor He or she who controls your mind controls your destiny.The psychological warfare against the

All three are U.S. citizens of Southern Cameroons origin — men who came to America to work, raise families, and give back to the land of their birth. Yet, since late 2022, they have been kept in pre-trial detention under charges that have more to do with politics than with justice. By Ali Dan Ismael,

When Newsweek quoted him describing Trump’s diplomacy as “a breath of fresh air”, it captured the resonance between two otherwise distant figures — the billionaire deal-maker from Queens and the quiet reformer from Tiko. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist A New Wind in Washington Something remarkable is happening in Washington.For the first time

The directive, numbered 57397 / MRP / MINDEF / 01, was reportedly signed by Beti Assomo Joseph, the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defence. It was addressed to key military and security structures including the Chief of Defence Staff, the heads of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and the National Gendarmerie, and

Local residents describe a village under military occupation, empty polling stations, and ballot boxes allegedly filled by security forces. By a Son of the Soil, Special Correspondent, Awing Village Allegations of massive electoral fraud have emerged from Awing Village, Santa Subdivision, in the wake of Cameroon’s October 12, 2025 presidential election. Local residents describe a

According to insiders from within the CPDM’s Northwest coordination — many of whom are now breaking ranks — Yang allegedly supervised maneuvers to massively falsify results in Ambazonia’s war-torn Northwest, a region long characterized by low voter turnout due to the Ambazonian resistance’s “dead city” policy. Ali Dan Ismael in Bamenda with field reports. Bamenda

Four prime ministers in 13 months and a fractured National Assembly after the July 2024 snap elections have left Macron isolated. His attempt to cast himself as guarantor of the institutions is widely dismissed as hollow. Polls show that two-thirds of French citizens now want his resignation. By The Independentist editorial Desk Paris October 13,