France waged a "war" in Cameroon marked by "repressive violence" during and after the African country's decolonisation in the late 1950s, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged in a letter published Tuesday. The letter, sent to his Cameroonian counterpart last month, is the latest example of France's efforts under Macron to come to terms with its often bloody colonial history. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer reports.
#Cameroon #France #decolonisation #Africa

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French president admits to France's repressive war during Cameroon's independence struggle http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMS4jh #France #Cameroon #EmmanuelMacron #PaulBiya #colonialhistory

Hello from Cameroon! #HelloWorld #Cameroon #language #linguistics

Constitutional council's decision leaves Kamto out of presidential race http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMKKkS #Cameroon #MauriceKamto #PoliticalNews #PresidentialElection #ConstitutionalCouncil

#Cocoa boom fuels new wave of #deforestation in #Cameroon

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/cocoa-boom-fuels-new-wave-of-deforestation-in-cameroon/

Once threatened by palm oil and loggers, Cameroon’s forests now face a new driver of deforestation: booming cacao production to supply the European market. A new report by the environmental advocacy group Mighty Earth finds deforestation in Cameroon has accelerated, with the country losing around 782,000 hectares (1.9 million acres), or 4.2% of its forest cover, in just five years since 2020.

Fury in Cameroon after opposition leader Maurice Kamto barred from October presidential election http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM8kxy #Cameroon #MauriceKamto #PresidentialElection #PoliticalNews #Biya

Cameroon's electoral body bars president's main rival from standing http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM7N8k #Cameroon #MauriceKamto #Elections2025 #PoliticalExclusion #Biya

Donny Elwood – Négro et beau

https://amf.didiermary.fr/donny-elwood-negro-et-beau/

De son vrai nom Ella Owoudou Albert Dieudonné, né en 1968 à Ebolowa, Donny Elwood est un chanteur camerounais et pygmée. Auteur, compositeur et interprète, sa force vient de ses mots. Simples et incisifs, intelligents, engagés, mais drôles à souhait, ses textes sont un véritable régal.

L’album éponyme date a priori de 1997. Il semblerait que […]

In Cameroon, if you plant a tree somewhere and cultivate the land, you are seen as its caretaker; you are more entitled to own that land. Agroforestry, therefore, wasn’t just about trees.

It was a way of demonstrating why women who tended the land were entitled to ownership of it. It became a tool to unlock land access, reshape social norms and place women at the heart of climate resilience in our communities

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Pierre Didy Tchakounté

https://amf.didiermary.fr/pierre-didy-tchakounte-lui-moi/

Pierre Didy Tchakounté “Ou c’est lui, ou c’est moi”, from album “Magabe Man”.

Depending on the country, the “thumbs piano” is called a Mbira, a Sanza, a Blab… The “queen of this instrument” was Stella Chiweshe, from Zimbabwe. Pierre Didy Tchakounté is considered the father of modern mangambeu, a traditional music and dance from Cameroon. […]

Court rules Trump can remove protected status from immigrants from Cameroon and Afghanistan http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM33l2 #Immigration #TrumpAdministration #Cameroon #Afghanistan #Deportation

Los Camaroes

https://amf.didiermary.fr/los-camaroes/

Los Camaroes emerged at the end of the 1960s from the town of Maroua in the northern, predominantly Islamic area of Cameroon. After changes in name, in lineup and in management, they worked their way south to the capital to make a name for themselves; […]

Africa: Cameroon Promoted to Billie Jean King Cup Africa Group III: [New Times] Cameroon earned promotion to Billie Jean Kong Cup Africa Group III after finishing top of the Group IV tournament which closed in Kigali on Saturday, July 19. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM261n #BillieJeanKingCup #Cameroon #Tennis #Africa #SportsNews

Cameroon’s hidden war:
6,000+ dead
598,000 displaced
But almost no one is talking about it.
This is the Anglophone Crisis — a brutal, bloody war hidden in plain sight.
Read the full story: https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/07/20/cameroons-silent-war-how-the-anglophone-crisis-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-overlooked-conflicts/
#Cameroon #Ambazonia #Geopolitics #HumanRights

#NewSpecies
New forest grasshopper from #cameroon just hopped in:

Pterotiltus erythrocerus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/552F87FD-9764-8C6E-985C-B7B4907DF4B5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.986.2853
#ejtaxonomy #PterotiltusErythrocerus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #orthoptera #grasshopper

Cameroon: Biya reshuffles top military ranks days after re-election bid http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLzCNn #Cameroon #Biya #Elections2025 #MilitaryReshuffle #AfricanPolitics

#News: #Study using satellite data & #AI uncovers with much more precision what’s driving #deforestation in #Cameroon— main causes identified! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235293852500206X?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Cameroon imposes significant penalties on Telecom giants Orange and MTN http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLpCx1 #Cameroon #Telecom #Orange #MTN #Fines

Manu Dibango – Ah! Freak sans fric

https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-afrique-sans-fric/

Ah! Freak sans fric… Afrique sans fric… Un très bon morceau, bien dansant de Manu Dibango.

"This album is dedicated to all brothers for a better vibration." [sleeve note]

L’album “Home Made” de 1979, enregistré au Nigeria, puis remixé et mastérisé à Paris, contient les titres […]