When the hot, seething land of Cameroon celebrated its independence from France last New Year’s Day, it did so amid some grisly statistics: in the previous six months, terrorists had massacred ...

For many in France, the war in Cameroon went unnoticed because it mainly involved troops from colonies in Africa and was overshadowed by the French fight in Algeria's 1954-1962 war of independence.

French Cameroon gained independence in 1960 ... restoring the harmony of pre-colonial times. “One day I will be gone,” Tanjuh said, sitting on the doorstep of her humble green and white ...