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THE INDEPENDENTISTS BULLETINS 19/10/26 1). THE EXIT SIGN IS FLASHING, DION NGUTE AND THE THEATRE OF BIYA’S DECLINING REGIME: When Political Dialogue Becomes Political Theatre — and the Unresolved Southern Cameroons Question Returns to Centre Stage – theindependentistnews.com/th… 2). POLITICAL SUICIDE OR STRATEGIC MISCALCULATION? THE BIYA–NGUTE ALLIANCE AND THE LIMITS OF COMMUNITY DIALOGUE: Ten Years of Conflict, a Failed Grand National Dialogue, and Another Attempt to Recast a Political Dispute as a Community Problem – theindependentistnews.com/po… 3). UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN AFRICA: WHEN A REVOLUTION MUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF HISTORY, LEADERSHIP, AND STATECRAFT – theindependentistnews.com/un… 4) THE SECOND RETURN By Dr. Martin S. Mungwa is on the stands. – theindependentistnews.com/th… 5). BOOK LAUNCH! BOOK LAUNCH! BOOK LAUNCH! The Sako Leadership archives invites you and others. – theindependentistnews.com/bo… 6). “YOU CANNOT HIDE THE DEATH OF A HEAD OF STATE”: THE BIYA SUCCESSION QUESTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR AMBAZONIA – theindependentistnews.com/yo… 7). THE WAR THAT PAYS: EX-LRC SOLDIER ALLEGES MILITARY BOSSES ARE MAKING FORTUNES FROM THE AMBAZONIA CONFLICT – theindependentistnews.com/th…. #africanbbc #Europeanparliament #following @EU_Commission @Europarl_EN @_AfricanUnion @VaticanNews @UKParliament @CFR_org @PressSec @BBCAfrica @Britishredcross

30 AMBA FIGHTERS SURRENDER IN BAMENDA: TEN QUESTIONS DION NGUTE CANNOT KEEP DODGING By Lester Maddox, Guest Contributor Independentist News | October 16, 2026 The reported surrender of 30 Ambazonia fighters during La République du Cameroun (LRC) Prime Minister Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute’s latest visit to Bamenda raises a fundamental question: Is the LRC government genuinely pursuing a political solution to the Ambazonia independence struggle, or is it recycling the same failed security and public-relations exercises while avoiding the issue at the heart of the war? Dion Ngute is not the first LRC Prime Minister to embark on these missions. His predecessor, Philemon Yang, also travelled to the territory with promises of peace, reconciliation and development. Now, years into Dion Ngute’s tenure, the same script continues: a government delegation arrives, selected individuals are presented as repentant fighters, surrender figures make the headlines, and officials appeal for peace. The problem is not that fighters are surrendering. Any individual who freely chooses to lay down arms deserves a safe, dignified and credible pathway towards civilian life. The problem is presenting such ceremonies as evidence of progress towards peace without answering the political questions that have sustained this war. From the Ambazonian perspective, the conflict is not simply a matter of young people taking up weapons and needing to be persuaded to abandon them. Prime Minister Dion Ngute, therefore, owes the people more than another visit to Bamenda. Here are ten questions that demand answers. 1. Why do fighters surrender whenever the Prime Minister visits? If permanent disarmament structures already exist in the so-called North-West and South-West administrative regions, why do these highly publicised surrenders coincide with high-level government visits? What happens to these structures between the Prime Minister’s visits? Are the reported surrenders independently verified, and how many of those who surrender remain safely reintegrated months or years later? 2. Why exactly 30? Where is the independent verification? Thirty fighters may genuinely have surrendered. The number itself proves neither deception nor success. But when a precise, round figure becomes the centrepiece of a government peace mission, the public is entitled to ask how it was established. Who verified the identities of the individuals? 3. Did any recognised field commanders surrender, or are we counting individuals while ignoring the wider conflict? The surrender of 30 individuals is not necessarily evidence that the armed groups operating in the territory have been strategically weakened. Were any recognised field commanders among those presented? If none were, what evidence demonstrates that this development will significantly alter the course of the war? 4. Are the bushes around Bamenda now empty? If 30 fighters have surrendered, does the government believe the armed conflict around Bamenda is over? What about other areas of Ambazonia, where the conflict has continued to affect civilian life? 5. Can the people of Ambazonia expect peace, or should they prepare for another round of promises. 6. What can community dialogue achieve when the political dispute remains unresolved 7. How persuasive is a peace initiative while the Nera Ten remain incarcerated? 8. Why does Yaoundé continue to avoid the fundamental question: independence or a political arrangement acceptable to the people? 9. When will the LRC government accept credible third-party international mediation? 10. If disarmament is the objective, why not pursue a verifiable ceasefire as part of a political settlement? The government celebrates the surrender of fighters, but where is the comprehensive initiative to halt hostilities and create conditions for meaningful negotiations? AMBAZONIA IS NOT A DISARMAMENT PROJECT @UN @CFR_org @Pontifex @POTUS @hrw @EU_Commission @ChathamHouse @UKParliament

#Cameroun Rejects mediation but prefer to #Kill their way to subjugation. @joDionNgute say the #Ambazonia struggle will die naturally. #BishopAndrewNkea say #Ambazonians are tired and seeking an exit strategy. #AtangaNji say All is under Control. Can they accept the reality following the killing of 2 Cameron soldiers in #Ndu in DMC County few hours ago? Time for mediation to stop the #Senseless Blood Shed @UN @hrw @_AfricanUnion @UKParliament @CPhilpOfficial @RupertLowe10 @pritipatel @LeeAndersonMP_

@joDionNgute Did you say #Ambazonia struggle will Die a Natural Death? Deux 18 viennent de tomber du côté de ndu dans le nord-est. HABRE ET SITCHIEU 😭😭😭😭😭. @VaticanNews @Pontifex @ChathamHouse @10DowningStreet @UKParliament @WhiteHouse @StateDept @TiborPNagyJr @TheJusticeDept @USUN @_AfricanUnion

SINCE 30TH OCTOBER, #LRC HAD REDUCED OR EVEN SHOT DOWN INTERNET IN SOME AREAS OF #AMBAZONIA SO IMAGES OF OCTOBER 1 CELEBRATIONS DO NOT GET OUT " YOU CANNOT HIDE IT FOR LONG". WE STILL RECEIVING SOME IMAGES AND MORE STILL TO FOLLOW. ENJOY IMAGES FROM #MOMO_COUNTY ON OCTOBER 1, 2026 #StateDepartment #UKParliament #AfricanHistory African Union #WhiteHouse #IndependenceDay #Ambazonia #SouthernCameroons #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanParliament #UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly #UnitedNations #resolution1608 @highlight @FollowingTrend @_AfricanUnion

WHEN “UNKNOWN GUNMEN” ARE CONVENIENTLY UNKNOWN By Veritas Network October 5, 2026 Three young men are dead in Muea. Their bodies were reportedly found at the Catholic School field on Monday morning, bearing what appeared to be gunshot injuries. Residents reportedly heard no gunfire during the night, raising the possibility that the victims were killed elsewhere and their bodies transported to the scene. Even more disturbing, the report says security forces who visited the scene briefly left while the bodies remained there. Yet the reporting leaves a glaring question hanging in the air: who killed them? This is where journalism must rise above assumption, political convenience and familiar narratives. If the circumstances are unclear, then they are unclear. If the perpetrators are unknown, then they are unknown. But that standard must apply equally to everyone. Too often, when unidentified gunmen kill people in Ambazonia, the phrase “unknown gunmen” somehow acquires an additional qualification—“suspected Ambazonian fighters.” That qualification can turn an allegation into public perception long before an investigation has established who was responsible. But when the circumstances potentially point in the direction of state security forces, the same journalistic imagination suddenly becomes much more restrained. That is precisely the kind of reporting that can mislead the public. It creates one standard for suspected Ambazonian fighters and another for the BIR, police and other forces of La République du Cameroun. If there is no evidence establishing the perpetrators, journalists should not manufacture certainty in one direction while demanding evidence in another. Indeed, this apparent reporting gap may already be having consequences. N’zui Manto has reportedly interpreted the killings as the work of Ambazonian fighters, allegedly because the victims disobeyed the Monday ghost town. Whether that claim is true or false is precisely what an investigation should determine—not social-media speculation. The tragedy in Muea therefore deserves more than a headline. It deserves serious journalism: examination of the scene, identification of the victims, ballistic evidence, witness accounts, investigation into when and how the bodies arrived at the field, and—above all—an honest determination of who killed these three young men and why. If the evidence eventually points to Ambazonian fighters, report it. If it points to BIR or other LRC security forces, report that too. If the evidence remains inconclusive, say so. Three young men are dead. Their families deserve the truth, not a convenient narrative. @RedCross @redcrosscanada @RedCrossAU @BritishRedCross @hrw @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC @POTUS @ukParliament @AfricanUnion

The criminal cabal regime of Yaounde continue with their atrocities today in Muea Catholic school in Buea. Three civilians #shot closed range by #Cameroun Forces of lawlessness, Terror and Disorder @all @ukhomeoffice @10DowningStreet @UKParliament @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC @TheJusticeDept @TiborPNagyJr @ChathamHouse @CPhilpOfficial