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Cameroon and the Commonwealth of nations

When Cameroon joined the Commonwealth in November 1995, it became the first Commonwealth national also to belong to the Francophonie. A bilingual product of three‐way colonial competition in the last century, the country is composed of the major part of the territories held by Germany, France and Britain. German rule ended in 1916 and the country became an Anglo‐French condominium under League of Nations auspices, and later trusteeship territories under the responsibility of the United Nations. In 1961 the northern section of British Cameroons became an integral part of Nigeria, while the rema…