France acknowledges violent repression in Cameroon pre and post-independence, marking its first official acknowledgment of the war.
French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that France waged a war marked by “repressive violence” in Cameroon before and after the country’s independence in 1960 in a letter made public on Tuesday (August 12, 2025.)
It is France’s first official acknowledgment of its repression of Cameroon's independence movement as a war.
France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements
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