The country that once was Cameroon is no longer there. But the nation that always existed — Ambazonia — is rising from beneath the rubble of a failed union. The future belongs not to a collapsing regime, but to a people reclaiming their place on the world map. The future belongs to Ambazonia.
Culled from an online write-up by Efase Wole — Ambazonian Sovereignty Edition by The Independentist news desk
For decades, the world insisted on viewing Cameroon as a unified, stable, bilingual republic.
That illusion has now collapsed. The country once described as “Cameroon” no longer exists in any functional, political, or historical sense. The meltdown of the Franco-Cameroonian state has only confirmed what Ambazonians have argued for more than 60 years: There was never a legal union. There is no shared nationhood. There is only an occupation — and that occupation is now disintegrating.
Cameroon Is in Systemic Collapse — Ambazonia Is in Legitimate Self-Determination
Large sections of the territory commonly called “Cameroon” have become zones of limited statehood where the central government has lost control. But unlike the Far North, the crisis in Southern Cameroons is not a governance problem. It is: the result of an unresolved UN Trusteeship, an illegal annexation, the abolition of the 1961 federal arrangement, and a people exercising the right to self-defence and self-determination. Where the Far North experiences state failure, Ambazonia experiences state liberation. Where the Far North suffers from insurgency, Ambazonia suffers from foreign occupation. The distinction is historical, legal, and irreversible.
Cameroon’s Collapse Is Structural — Because Its Foundation Was a Fraud
Cameroon is now an authoritarian shell running on inertia. Its central regime projects the appearance of control but has lost: legitimacy, institutional capacity, territorial cohesion, administrative functionality, and the confidence of its citizens.
The so-called “bilingual, bicultural union” was never a union. It was a post-colonial construction held together through repression, not consensus. Now that repression is no longer enough. The collapse has exposed a fundamental truth: A state built on annexation cannot produce stability. A union built on fraud cannot survive history. Ambazonia Did Not Fragment Cameroon — Cameroon’s Corruption Destroyed Itself
For years, the regime in Yaoundé blamed Ambazonians for instability. But today, the symptoms of state decay appear everywhere: A paralyzed judiciary, Predatory policing, Constant extortion, Electoral rituals with no legitimacy, A collapsing civil service, Patronage networks replacing institutions, Fragmented national identity, Competing private militias, Elite factions distributing fear as governance.
This is not an Ambazonian problem. It is a Cameroonian disease — born in Yaoundé, fertilized by France, and sustained by a ruling elite that thrives in disorder. Ambazonia merely refused to die with the collapsing empire. A State That Is Present but Not Functional — Except as an Occupier
Cameroon today is a paradox:
A government omnipresent in violence but absent in governance. Strong in coercion but weak in legitimacy. Visible outwardly but hollow internally. Its only remaining strength lies in: military occupation of Ambazonian territory, elite loyalty purchased through corruption, and the strategic backing of foreign interests. None of these can sustain a country. They can only extend the agony of a dying system. Ambazonia’s Sovereignty Claim Is Now Stronger Than Ever. Cameroon’s collapse does not weaken Ambazonia’s case; it strengthens it.
Because the very features of the disintegrating state prove: There was never a merger – No treaty, no ratification, no legal union. There was never political equality – One side colonised the other under the façade of federalism. There was never national integration – Only forced assimilation and selective violence. There is no functional state left to “reform” – Only an authoritarian relic clinging to power.
Ambazonia’s sovereignty claim is the only viable future – grounded in international law, UN Resolutions 1514 and 1608, and affirmed by the people’s collective resistance. This is not secession. It is restoration. It is decolonisation. It is survival.
Cameroon Is Dying — Ambazonia Is Emerging
The collapse of the colonial Cameroon project presents a clear geopolitical reality: Cameroon’s crisis is internal to its own postcolonial contradictions. Ambazonia’s struggle is external — rooted in international law and historical fact. Cameroon’s failure is self-inflicted. Ambazonia’s resistance is lawful, justified, and increasingly recognised globally.
The country that once was Cameroon is no longer there. But the nation that always existed — Ambazonia — is rising from beneath the rubble of a failed union. The future belongs not to a collapsing regime, but to a people reclaiming their place on the world map. The future belongs to Ambazonia.
The Independentist news desk
