Cameroon: Macron Admits French ‘Repressive Violence’ in Cameroon’s Colonial Past

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has formally recognised what he called France’s “repressive violence” in Cameroon during and after the country’s fight for independence in the late 1950s – a rare admission of a long-overlooked part of France’s colonial history.

In a letter to Cameroonian President Paul Biya, published on Tuesday but sent last month, Macron described the conflict as a “war” and accepted France’s “role and responsibility” in events that left tens of thousands dead and hundreds…