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Across democracies, the rule is simple: citizens vote, and their choice decides. In Cameroon, citizens vote — and power politely thanks them for their participation before issuing a different ending. The ballot box appears onstage, but the final script is written backstage, after the lights dim. By Colbert Gwain @The Muteff Factor (formerly The Colbert

After more than four decades in power, the 92-year-old ruler faces a nation exhausted by corruption, repression, and war. His so-called victory brings neither renewal nor reconciliation; instead, it raises a single, defining question: Can he bring the house in order, or will Cameroon continue its slow descent into disintegration? By The Independentist Editorial Desk

From Douala to Yaoundé, from Garoua to Bafoussam, the streets are echoing with the same frustration Ambazonians have voiced for years: “Enough is enough!”The people of La République — long silenced by fear and propaganda — have finally joined the chorus of discontent. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist on special assignment A Regime

According to reliable sources in Yaoundé, President Paul Biya recently ordered elements of the national army to abduct Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the self-proclaimed winner of the October 2025 presidential elections. One senior general refused outright. His words were simple but historic: “The army cannot attack its own people.” By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, on Special

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