00:00It's a term that has up until now been absent from France's official language, a war in Cameroon.
00:08President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that France waged one during the African nation's
00:13struggle for independence. In the latest example of his presidency's efforts to come to terms with
00:18France's colonial past, Macron said in a letter sent to his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Beer,
00:24there was a war in Cameroon during which the colonial authorities and the French army carried
00:29out repressive violence. It is incumbent on me today to accept France's role and responsibility
00:34in these events. The admission follows a report by an official historical commission set up jointly
00:42by the two countries in 2022 to shed light on the events leading up to and after Cameroon's
00:47independence. It examined France's role there between 1945 and 1971 based on declassified archives,
00:55eyewitness accounts and field surveys. In the more than 1,000-page document, handed to the
01:02president of both countries in January, the commission noted,
01:05The war continued after Cameroon's independence in 1960. France was involved in actions taken by
01:11the autocratic and authoritarian regime of Ahmadou Ahidjo and left tens of thousands of victims.
01:16At the time, President Beer had this to say.
01:19It is a work of collective therapy that leads the people to better accept and take place in their relations.
01:33The historical commission is set to continue its work to bring transparency into France's colonial period.
01:39Macron's letter, however, did not mention the possibility of reparations.
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