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.
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
Peter Obi must stand firm. The legal traps must be confronted. The political coalition must be protected. The people must not be abandoned. The future of Nigeria, and perhaps the moral direction of a New Africa, may depend on whether this moment is met with courage, discipline, and strategic resolve. By Timothy EnongeneAssociate Editor-in-Chief, Independentist
A state that cannot promptly explain its own decisions loses moral and administrative authority. A people seeking freedom must therefore build something better: a Republic where government speaks clearly, records are trusted, public authority is accountable, and truth does not have to crawl through the corridors of power before reaching the people. By Carl Sanders,
The people of Ambazonia and the wider Southern Cameroons need more than prayers of comfort. They need courageous mediation, principled advocacy, protection of civilians, respect for human rights, and a serious pathway toward a just and lasting political settlement. By Ali Dan Ismael. Editor-in-chief The Independentist News The appointment of Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of
If South Africa truly believes that “I am because we are,” then it must prove that “we” includes the African migrant, the Ghanaian worker, the Nigerian trader, the Malawian laborer, the Zimbabwean refugee, and every African whose humanity cannot be erased by a passport. By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-chief The Independentist News A Diplomatic Postponement
Adapting After Defeat: What England’s World Cup Rebound Can Teach the Ambazonian Movement
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