The government took no action, and handed the final parts of Bakassi over to Cameroon on 14 August 2008 as planned, but a Federal High Court had stated this should be delayed until all accommodations for resettled Bakassians had been settled ; the government did not seem to plan to heed this court order, and did set the necessary mechanisms into motion to override it.

By mid-1997 the government signed peace deals with FARF and the MDD leadership and succeeded in cutting off the groups from their rear bases in the Central African Republic and Cameroon.

The politics of Cameroon takes place in a framework of a unitary presidential republic, whereby the President of Cameroon is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly of Cameroon.

** Heads of government of Cameroon

*** Heads of government of British Cameroon ( Cameroons )

*** Heads of government of French Cameroon ( Cameroun )

There is an ongoing dispute between the Bakweri Land Claims Committee ( BLCC ) and the government of Cameroon regarding the disposition of Bakweri Lands formerly used by the Germans as plantations and now managed by the Cameroon Development Corporation ( CDC ).

In October 1886 the British government appointed him vice-consul in Cameroon and the Niger River delta area, where a protectorate had been declared in 1885, and he became acting consul in 1887, deposing and banishing the local chief Jaja.

Beginning in the 1960s, Oyono had a long career of service as a diplomat and as a minister in the government of Cameroon.

The government of Cameroon has established four forest and game reserves in the East: the Dja Reserve ( Réserve du Biosphère de Dja ) in the southwest of the province and extending into the South Province, Lobéké Park ( Parc National de la Lobéké ), the Boumba-Bek Reserve ( Réserve de Boumba-Bek ) and the Nki Reserve ( Réserve de Nki ) in the southeast.

As noted, the name Ambazonia was used in 1984 by Fon Gorji-Dinka ( leader of the Ambazonia pressure group ), when the parliament and government of the Republic of Cameroon changed the name of the country from the " United Republic of Cameroon " to back to the pre-reunification name of the French Cameroun, the " Republic of Cameroun ".

A government official from Cameroon blamed a technical failure at the underwater SAT-3 high sea fibre optic terminal, about forty kilometres from Douala.

The UPC has been elected to parliament and ministers to the government of Cameroon until 2007.

The government of Cameroon, while stopping short of forced settlement, has attempted to maintain this policy through government incentives and regulations such as mandatory schooling for all children.

In Cameroon, the Njyem live along the road running south from Lomié, passing the government center of Ngoyla and going as far south as Djadom.

The SCNC was born in Bamenda in 1994, after the All Anglophone Conference ( AAC2 ) issued the Bamenda " Declaration " in which it had asked the government of President Paul Biya to respond to all anglophone grievances stated in the Buea Declaration of 1993 or face the wrath of the people of the Southern Cameroons. The Cameroon government failed to respond to the Bamenda Declaration and since then, the SCNC has categorically maintained that it now considers the restoration of the independence of the Southern Cameroons to be final and irrevocable.

Together with the World Wildlife Fund and the government of Cameroon, the zoo participates in a project to track the movements of elephants through satellite tracking collars in order to expand reserves and parks in a way that protects the most crucial areas of their habitats.

On 26 June 2003, Cameroon faced Colombia in the semi-final, held at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, France.

* May 9 to May 18 – African Amateur Boxing Championships held in Yaoundé, Cameroon

However, the plaintiff, Fon Gorji-Dinka maintains that the Bamenda High Court reached a decision according to which the court among other things held that "( b ) President Paul Biya is guilty of treason for furthering and completing the treason of Ahidjo by bringing about the secession of the first defendant ( East Cameroon ) from the United Republic of Cameroon on February 4, 1984, reinstating its name " Republic of Cameroon " which had not been used since January 10, 1961.

Two years later Cameroon qualified for the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations, held in Côte d ' Ivoire.

However, The knights were able to secure good results against these sides, as they beat Egypt 2 – 1 in Tripoli, and held Cameroon and Côte d ' Ivoire to 0 – 0 draws, helping them to a 4th place finish and a place at the 2006 African Cup of Nations finals in Egypt.

The tournament final was held in Casablanca at Stade Mohamed V. Cameroon won its second championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1-0.

In 1984, he was made archbishop, and in 1985, he was elected president of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, a post he held until 1991.

During the dry season, major golf tournaments are held there, as it is one of only 2 golf courses in Cameroon.

The MSA was formed following a meeting of the Section française de l ' Internationale ouvrière ( SFIO ) federations of Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, French Sudan ( now Mali ), Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Oubangui-Chari ( now the Central African Republic ), and Senegal ; the meeting was held in Conakry from January 11 to January 13, 1957.

This number was actually achieved and realized a few years back in 1986 African Cup of Nations Final match which was held in Egypt and Egypt won against Cameroon.

On 21 November 2006, the AUC held a meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, to outline the implementation of the three African Financial Institutions as per Article 19 of the Constitutive Act.

Nigeria and Cameroon have disputed the possession of Bakassi for some years, leading to considerable tension between the two countries.

Cameroon pointed to the Anglo-German treaty of 1913, which defined spheres of control in the region, as well as two agreements signed in the 1970s between Cameroon and Nigeria.

Worthy of note is the fact that Cameroon is the only country in which two Constitutions are applicable side-by-side.

There are two American schools in Cameroon, the American School of Yaounde ( ASOY ) and Rain Forest International School ( RFIS ).

He followed this successful expedition with two others, accompanied by fellow Whipsnade zookeeper Ken Smith: a repeat trip to the British Cameroon, and to British Guiana ( now Guyana ) in 1949 and 1950 respectively.

The European Roller is a long-distance migrant, wintering in southern Africa in two distinct regions, from Senegal east to Cameroon and from Ethiopia west to Congo and south to South Africa.

Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament's history, with Ghana and Cameroon winning the first two versions to keep after each of them won a tournament three times.

Cameroon won their first title two years later by beating Nigeria and in the 1986 cup they faced Egypt — absent from the final since 1962 — with Egypt winning the title on penalty kicks.

* August 30 – While taxiing out for takeoff at Douala International Airport outside Douala, Cameroon, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, a Boeing 737-2H7C with 116 people on board, suffers an uncontained compressor failure in its number two engine which starts a fire.

This study investigated two mitochondrial genes ( cytB and cox1 ), one plastid gene ( tufA ), and one nuclear gene ( ldh ) in 12 chimpanzees and two gorillas from Cameroon and one lemur from Madagascar.

These extended stays away from Cameroon – while sometimes as short as two weeks – are sometimes as long as three months and are almost always referred to as " short stays " in the state-owned press and other media.

It was his 119th appearance for his country as England drew 1 – 1 with the Republic of Ireland in the opening group game ; Shilton would later perform heroics as England got through the group, beat Belgium 1 – 0 in the second round match, and then edged past Cameroon 3 – 2 in the quarter finals, thanks to two Lineker penalties after England went 2 – 1 down.

Two of his goals came against Romania in Cameroon's second game, and two more came in extra time against Colombia in the last 16 to carry Cameroon to the quarter-finals, the furthest an African team had ever advanced at the World Cup ( Senegal matched this feat in 2002, and Ghana matched it in 2010 ).

The previous flag of Cameroon ( 1961-1975 ) had a similar color scheme, but with two gold ( darker than the third stripe by comparison ) stars in the upper half of the green.

* In British Cameroon ( part of the former German Kamerun ), since 1916, in 1949 restyled Special Resident ( superior to the new two provinces ) for Edward John Gibbons ( b. 1906 – d. 1990 ), who stayed on in October 1954 as first Commissioner when it became an autonomous part of Nigeria.

Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako ( the name of the higher of its two peaks ) or by its native name Mongo ma Ndemi (" Mountain of Greatness ").

Baudry was born in Douala ( United Republic of Cameroon ) and is married with two children from another union.

When the western part gained independence from the British in 1961, the two halves of the Cameroon federation maintained their autonomy and each had a separate Prime Minister.

After studying in West Germany, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Cameroon in 1961, and he became a member of the National Federal Assembly when the two Cameroons were united ; he was re-elected in April 1964.

In Cameroon, it is not equivalent to a B. Sc because it is awarded after two years of university studies.