We are home to news on Cameroon and the CEMAC region. We are dedicated to honest and reliable reporting. We are the voice of the Cameroonian people and their fight for freedom and democracy at a time when the Yaoundé government is silencing dissent and suppressing democratic voices.
What the country cannot accept is a presidency conducted like a political séance—an invisible ruler, inaccessible to the public, invoked by ministers and represented by papers emerging from behind closed doors. Fame Ndongo may call this continuity. To millions of people, it looks increasingly like government without a publicly accountable governor. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief,
On August 19, the issue will be larger than the fate of ten men. The court will be asked to demonstrate whether Cameroon’s judiciary can correct its own errors, confront the legal consequences of an unlawful cross-border seizure, and provide civilians with a genuinely independent hearing. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News YAOUNDÉ -July
After nearly nine years, the delay has effectively become the verdict and imprisonment the sentence—without the state ever accepting the burden of proving guilt. That is the deepest corruption exposed by the empty bench of July 16. The court’s absence did not merely postpone a proceeding. It revealed a system in which time itself has
England did not win the World Cup, but it recovered sufficiently to finish with pride. Ambazonia’s struggle is far more consequential, and its destination remains unfinished. Its people must therefore cultivate the capacity every enduring nation requires: the courage to confront failure, the humility to learn, and the discipline to rise again. By Carl SandersGuest
The Geneva ghost is therefore not merely the absent image of Paul Biya. It is the absence of accountable institutions capable of functioning without him. That is the constitutional crisis Yaoundé can no longer conceal. By Lester MaddoxGuest Contributor, Independentist NewsOakland, California YAOUNDÉ – July 19, 2026 – Paul Biya’s prolonged absence from Cameroon has
Yaoundé may close landing sites. It may deploy security forces and redirect trade through its customs posts. But it cannot extinguish the geographic, historical, and economic relationship between the Fako coastline and the wider West African maritime region. Nor can it indefinitely conceal economic strangulation beneath the language of security. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, Independentist
France lost because Spain was superior on the day. England lost because it surrendered control after taking the lead against Argentina. Neither defeat was caused by the racial composition of the team. Neither defeat changed the nationality of the players. When France wins, its Black players are French. When France loses, they remain French. When
Resources controlled by unaccountable institutions can leave a people as poor as they were before extraction began. The Hilli Episeyo is leaving because another country prepared a future for it. Ambazonia must prepare a future for its gas. The vessel can sail away. The lesson must remain. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-chief The Independentist News A
For Ambazonians, the central question is simple: Will Victoria remain a serious center of petroleum refining and maritime industry, or will its strategic economic functions be transferred elsewhere while Ambazonia is left with the ruins, risks, and memories of what it once hosted? By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-chief The Independentist News A new struggle over petroleum
Governing from the Crypt: The 21.6-Billion-FCFA Decree and Yaoundé’s Ghost-Signature Controversy
The controversy surrounding this decree will continue—not because critics invented uncertainty, but because the regime created it. The question is no longer merely whether Paul Biya signed the decree. The question is: who is governing La République du Cameroun, and in whose name? By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News YAOUNDÉ -July 22, 2026 –