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AMBALAND, June 2025 — The Federal Republic of Ambazonia bows its head in solemn remembrance as the nation bids farewell to two towering pillars of its liberation struggle: Ma Iya Emma Endeley, Director General of ABC Networks 24, and Vice President Eric Ateh, a devoted statesman and architect of government cohesion during turbulent times. Ma
By Jennifer McChriston | Senior Correspondent – June 2025 – Global DeskFor over seven decades, the United States has played a central role in shaping global financial norms, trade patterns, and international governance. This leadership has often been articulated through the defense of democratic values, humanitarian intervention, and global stability. Yet a closer look at
By Jennifer McChriston | Senior CorrespondentJune 2025 – Global Desk In recent decades, a series of high-profile crises across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan have transformed these once-stable nations into fragile or contested states. From external military interventions to economic shocks and internal upheavals, these developments raise complex questions about international law, post-colonial
By Jennifer McChriston Senior Energy & Security Correspondent When oil flows, economies grow. When oil is disrupted, global stability hangs in the balance. As global chokepoints come under increasing stress, conflicts escalate in West Asia, and Africa reassesses its resource strategy, the post-Cold War world order faces a historic realignment. This strategic brief explores how
Par la Rédaction Enquête de The IndependentistBureau de Londres – Juin 2025 Depuis plus de huit ans, le peuple d’Ambazonie — l’ancien Cameroun britannique méridional — vit sous siège. Ses villes sont bombardées, ses leaders emprisonnés ou exilés, et des milliers de ses enfants dispersés dans des camps de réfugiés ou à travers le monde.
Dr. Sako chairing a cabinet meeting By The Independentist Investigative DeskLondon Bureau – June 2025 For over eight years, the people of Ambazonia — the former British Southern Cameroons — have lived under siege. Their towns shelled, leaders jailed or exiled, and thousands scattered across refugee camps and foreign cities. But even in exile, their
In Central Africa, elections are not milestones of democracy—they are masks for military rule. In the Republic of Cameroon, especially across the occupied territory of Ambazonia (the former British Southern Cameroons), the international community has for decades aided and abetted a campaign of systematic repression disguised as governance. Now, with the release of new WikiLeaks
By William Simms | Investigative Correspondent London–Yaoundé: Silent Dispatches from a Failing UnionLeaked diplomatic cables originating from the British High Commission in Yaoundé, as published by WikiLeaks and confirmed by intelligence analysts, paint a sobering picture of how early and deeply Britain understood the fragile state of Cameroon’s union—and the electoral decay and repression fueling
By Young Jean-Pierre | Investigative Correspondent Yaoundé, September 2009 — A Secret Cable, A Silent AlarmIn a confidential diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, the French Embassy in Yaoundé painted a grim and clear-eyed picture of Cameroon’s deteriorating political architecture and the silent storm brewing in its English-speaking regions. The cable, marked “Confidential” and transmitted under
By Jennifer McChriston | Investigative Correspondent Yaoundé, April 2009 — A Diplomatic Ultimatum Buried by Time. In the spring of 2009, behind the closed doors of the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé, a stark warning was delivered to the inner circle of President Paul Biya: Clean up the rampant corruption at the highest levels of government—or
