French president admits to France’s repressive war during Cameroon’s independence struggle

French president Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that France had led a war in Cameroon during the country’s independence struggle in a document made public on Tuesday. 

Macron wrote to Cameroon president Paul Biya on 30 July to take responsibility for actions of repressive violence against insurgent movements in Cameroon. 

He said this violence took place before and after the country’s independence in 1960. 

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