Cameroon: the Frustrations of the Son of the Independent Leader Murdered by France Ruben Um Nyobè

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67 years ago, on 13 September 1958, Ruben Um Nyobè, one of the founders of the Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC), was killed by French colonial troops in the Cameroonese maquis. If, last August, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's responsibility for his assassination, the son of the independent leader considers this progress "historical" but "incomplete".

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A teacher, trade unionist, charismatic politician, Ruben Um Nyobé carried the demands of independence from Cameroon to the UN. A fight that cost him his life on 13 September 1958. 67 years ago, Ruben Um Nyobe was murdered in a forest in Sanaga Maritime, Cameroon. A French patrol that had been tracking for months the secretary-general of the Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC) will spot his objective and he will kill him. His body was dragged…