Cameroon-France: The New Dawn

 The present excellent diverse cooperation ties between the two countries are expected to witness a new impetus.

The ever-growing cooperation ties between Cameroon and France in the military, economic, political, educational, health, development and cultural domains are expected to have a fresh impetus  with the new French President Emmanuel Macron.
President Paul Biya of Cameroon and the Ambassador of France to Cameroon, Gilles Thibault during talks at the Unity Palace in Yaounde on May 30, 2017 discussed ways of fostering the relations. Military cooperation for instance, between the two countries have been excellent and diversified. The Commander of the French troops in Gabon, General Charles de Kersabiec during talks with President Biya on December 1, 2016 in Yaounde lauded the growing relations, stating that future orientations were to be on joint actions. France has been solidly behind Cameroon in the war against Boko Haram in the Far North Region, not only through the supply of military equipment but has been instrumental in intelligence sharing and training of special forces. Still in the domain of military and defence cooperation,  France has been the backbone of training in Cameroon’s military  institutions such as Garoua Regional Airforce  School, Yaounde War College, EIFORCES  and other training schools.
The name of France has been on most lips in Cameroon since 2006 thanks to its Debt Relief Development Contract (C2D), an...