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*With the defeat of Germany in World War I, Kamerun became a League of Nations mandate territory and was split into '''French Cameroons and British Cameroons''' in 1919. France integrated the economy of Cameroon with that of France and improved the infrastructure with capital investments and skilled workers, modifying the colonial system of forced labour. | *With the defeat of Germany in World War I, Kamerun became a League of Nations mandate territory and was split into '''French Cameroons and British Cameroons''' in 1919. France integrated the economy of Cameroon with that of France and improved the infrastructure with capital investments and skilled workers, modifying the colonial system of forced labour. | ||
*The British administered their territory from neighbouring Nigeria. | *The British administered their territory from neighbouring Nigeria. | ||
*On 1 January 1960, French Cameroun gained independence from France under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. On 1 October 1961, the formerly British Southern Cameroons gained independence by vote of the UN General Assembly and joined with French Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon, a date which is now observed as Unification Day, a public holiday.<ref>"Cameroon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon, | *On 1 January 1960, French Cameroun gained independence from France under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. On 1 October 1961, the formerly British Southern Cameroons gained independence by vote of the UN General Assembly and joined with French Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon, a date which is now observed as Unification Day, a public holiday.<ref>"Cameroon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon, accessed 12 June 2021.</ref> | ||
[[Category:Cameroon]] | [[Category:Cameroon]] | ||