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The Ambazonian objective should not be to replace centralized authority in Yaoundé with another extractive elite operating from Buea. It should be to build a constitutional and productive republic in which power is accountable, counties are capable, citizens are protected, strategic assets are nationally governed, and foreign partnerships strengthen rather than diminish national freedom. That

The governing doctrine should be clear: Own the story. Protect the rights. Train the people. Control the source files. Build the production capacity. Reach the audience. Circulate the revenue. Finance the next generation. The nation that tells its own story does more than correct the historical record. It creates employment, preserves memory, develops talent, attracts

The BBC is not dead. Its authority, however, can no longer be treated as self-validating. Trust must be earned through accuracy, transparency, correction, and accountability. Donald Trump has not yet proved that the BBC owes him $10 billion. The BBC has nevertheless admitted that its editing created a misleading impression. Both facts can be true

Before the world can recognize Ambazonia politically, Ambazonians must represent it geographically—with precision, evidence, discipline, democratic accountability, and an authority no careless algorithm, misleading schoolbook, commercial contractor, or occupying administration can overturn. By Ali Dan IsmaelEditor-in-chief, The Independentist News A Map Is Never Merely a Picture Rio de Janeiro – 31 July 2026 – At

The mothers have issued the warning. The future of Ambazonia is being stolen not only through political annexation, economic extraction, and military violence, but also through addiction, despair, and the erosion of community life. Their answer is courageous and unmistakable: the nation’s children will not be surrendered. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News KUMBA.-

Captain Effoudou’s accusations remain allegations until independently substantiated. Yet the institutional questions they raise cannot be dismissed merely because they originate from exile or from a former insider in conflict with the regime. By Timothy Enongene, Associate Editor-in-chief. The Independentist News EUROPE – 24 July 2026 – The bitter and increasingly public succession struggle surrounding

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 –

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