Macron says France to open archives on Cameroon colonial era

Speaking in Cameroon, French president asks historians to investigate the past and establish ‘responsibilities’.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has said the archives on French colonial rule in Cameroon would be opened “in full” and asked historians to shed light on the period’s “painful moments”.

Macron, speaking in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde on Tuesday, said he wanted historians from both countries to work together on investigating the past and establish…