Cameroon
-
- 14 Jul 1884 - 26 Sep
1914
-
|
-
- 26 Sep 1914 - 1 Jan 1960
-
|
-
- 29 Oct 1957 - 1 Oct
1961
-
|
-
- 1 Oct 1961 - 20 May 1975
|
-
- Adopted 20 May 1975
|
-
-
|
Map
of Cameroon |
Hear
National Anthem
"O Cameroun, Berceau de
nos
Ancêtres" (O
Cameroon, Cradle
of Our
Forefathers)
|
Text
of National Anthem
Adopted 10 May 1957
|
Constitution
(2 Jun 1972) |
Capital:
Yaoundé
(E. Cameroon
1961-72 Yaoundé;
W. Cameroon 1961-72 Buea;
Douala 1940-1946;
Yaoundé
1921-1940;
Douala 1916-1921)
|
Currency:
Communauté
Financière
Africaine
Franc
(XAF) |
National
Holiday:
20 May (1972)
Fête Nationale (National
Day)
(Fête de l'unité
[Unification Day]) |
Population:
25,640,965
(2018) |
GDP: $89.54
billion (2017)
|
Exports:
$4.73 billion (2017)
Imports: $4.81
billion (2017)
|
Ethnic groups:
Fang 19.6%, Bamileke and Bamum 18.5%,
Duala, Luanda and Basa
14.7%, Fulani 9.6%, Tikar 7.4%,
Mandara 5.7%, Maka 4.9%,
Chamba 2.4%, Mbum 1.3%,
Hausa 1.2%, French 0.2%,
other 14.5% (1983)
|
Total Active
Armed Forces: 23,100 (2010)
Merchant marine:
19 ships (2017)
|
Religions:
Roman Catholic 24%, traditional beliefs 19.3%,
Protestant 20.7%, Sunni Muslim 11.5%, other
Muslim 3.3%,
other Christian
2.4%, non-religious 1.5%, unknown 17.3%
(2015) |
International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
AfCFTA,
AfDB, APM, AU, BDEAC, BEAC, BTWC,
C, CCM, CEEAC, CEMAC, CTBT, CWC, EITI,
ENMOD, ESCR, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISESCO,
ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LCBC, MIGA, NAM,
NPT, NTBT (signatory), OIC, OIF, OPCW,
OST (signatory), PCA, UN, UNCLOS,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP,
UNFCC-PA,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|
Cameroon
Index
|
Chronology
10 Aug 1858 - 28 Mar 1887
British missionary settlement at Ambas
Bay.
14 Jul
1884
German protectorate of German
North-West Africa
(Deutsch-Nordwestafrika).
1
Jan
1901
Renamed Kamerun.
4 Nov 1911
- 4 Mar 1916 Augmented
by a cession of 270,000 sq. km.
ceded by
France from French Equatorial Africa
(new regions
are named Neu Kamerun-Ost
and Neu Kamerun-Süd).
26 Sep
1914
French and British occupation begins
taking Douala.
15 Feb
1916
Majority of German civil servants and
soldiers fled
to
the neutral Spanish territory in Rio
Muni.
18 Feb
1916
German forces under Ernst von Raben
(b. 1877 - d.
1924) surrender at Mora (Moraberg).
12 Mar 1916
French Occupied Territories
of Former Cameroon
(Territoires Occupés de l'Ancien
Cameroun).
28 Jun
1919
Division into French
Cameroons &
British
Cameroons;
the
latter is administered from
Nigeria.
25 May
1921
French Occupied Territories of Former
Cameroon
renamed Cameroon Territories (Territoire
du
Cameroun).
20 Jul
1922
British Cameroons and French Cameroon
League of
Nations Mandates.
13 Dec
1946
British and French United Nations
Trust
Territories.
16 Jun 1940 - 27 Aug
1940 French Cameroons
administration loyal to "Vichy"
France (from 27 Aug 1940, under "Free"
French).
15 May 1957 - 1 Jan
1960 État du
Cameroun (State of
Cameroon), also styled
République
Autonome du
Cameroun (Autonomous
Republic of Cameron), under United
Nations
trusteeship of France.
1 Oct
1954
British Cameroons an autonomous part
of Nigeria.
1 Jan
1960
French Cameroon independent as
Republic of
Cameroon (République du Cameroun).
1
Oct
1961
Federal Republic of Cameroon (République
Fédérale du
Cameroun), after unification
with southern part of
British Cameroons (northern
part united with
Nigeria
1 Jun 1961); (the Federal
Republic of
Cameroon consisted of two
parts, francophone
East
Cameroon and anglophone
West Cameroon).
2
Jun
1972
United Republic of Cameroon (République
Unie du
Cameroun), regional autonomy
ends.
4
Feb
1984
Republic of Cameroon (République du
Cameroun).
|
Cameroon
(since 1960)
|
Traditional
States
|
German Kamerun
(1884-1916)
|
Ambas Bay
(1858-1887)
|
British
Cameroons
(1914-1961)
|
French
Cameroons
(1914-1960)
|
Historical
Maps
of
Cameroon
|
|
|
German Kamerun
Map
of German Kamerun |
Capital: Jaunde
(Buea 1901-1909;
Duala
1885-1901;
Kamerunstadt 1884-1885) |
Population: 4,645,000 (1912)
|
Reichskommissare
14 Jul 1884 - 19 Jul 1884 Gustav
Nachtigal
(b. 1834 - d. 1885)
(Reichskommissar für Deutsch-Westafrika)
19 Jul 1884 - 1 Apr 1885 Maximilian
Buchner
(acting) (b.
1846 - d. 1921)
1 Apr 1885 - 4 Jul 1885
Eduard von Knorr
(acting)
(b. 1840 - d. 1920)
Governors
4 Jul 1885 - 14 Feb 1891 Julius
Freiherr von
Soden
(b. 1846 - d. 1921)
13 May 1887 - 4 Oct 1887 Jesco von
Puttkamer (1st time) (b. 1855 -
d. 1917)
(acting for Soden)
4 Oct 1887 - 17 Jan 1888 Eugen von
Zimmerer (1st time) (b.
1843 - d. 1918)
(acting for Soden)
26 Dec 1889 - 17 Apr 1890 Eugen von
Zimmerer (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Soden)
17 Apr 1890 - 3 Aug 1890 Markus
Graf von Pfeil und Klein- (b. 1860 - d. 1920)
Ellguth (acting for Soden)
3 Aug 1890 - 14 Aug 1890 Kurz
(acting for Soden)
14 Aug 1890 - 2 Dec 1890 Jesko von
Puttkamer (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Soden)
2 Dec 1890 - 15 Apr 1891 Karl
Theodor Heinrich Leist
(b. 1859 - d. 1895)
(1st time)(acting [for Soden to 14 Feb
1891])
15 Apr 1891 - 13 Aug 1895 Eugen von
Zimmerer
(s.a.)
7 Aug 1891 - 5 Jan 1892 Bruno
von Schuckmann
(b. 1857 - d. 1919)
(acting for Zimmerer)
27 Jun 1893 - 24 Feb 1894 Karl Theodor
Heinrich Leist
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for Zimmerer)
31 Dec 1894 - 27 Mar 1895 Jesko von
Puttkamer (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Zimmerer)
28 Mar 1895 - 4 May 1895 von Lucke
(acting for Zimmerer) (d. 1895)
13 Aug 1895 - 9 May 1907 Jesko von
Puttkamer
(s.a.)
27 Oct 1895 - 10 Sep 1897 Theodor Seitz
(1st
time)
(b. 1863 - d. 1949)
(acting for Puttkamer)
12 Jan 1898 - 13 Oct 1898 Theodor Seitz
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Puttkamer)
17 Jan 1900 - 31 Jul 1900 August Walter
Köhler
(b. 1858 - d. 1902)
(acting for Puttkamer)
1 Aug 1900 - 6 Sep 1900 Emil
Diehl (acting for Puttkamer) (b. 18.. - d.
1903)
6 Sep 1900 - 15 Nov 1900 Oltwig
Wilhelm Adolf von Kamptz (b. 1857
- d. 1921)
(acting
for Puttkamer)
3 Feb 1902 - 3 Oct 1902
Albert Plehn (acting for Puttkamer)(b. 1861 - d.
1935)
9 May 1904 - 8 Nov 1904 Karl
Ebermaier
(b. 1862 - d. 1943)
(acting for Puttkamer)
9 Nov 1904 - 31 Jan 1905 Otto Gleim
(1st
time)
(b. 1836 - d. 1929)
(acting for Puttkamer)
Jan 1906 - Nov
1906 Franz
Ludwig Wilhelm Müller
(b. 1850 - d. 1921)
(acting for Puttkamer)
Nov 1906 - 9 May
1907 Otto Gleim (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Puttkamer)
9 May 1907 - 27 Aug 1910 Theodor
Seitz
(s.a.)
10 Feb 1909 - Oct 1909
Wilhelm Peter Hansen (1st time) (b. 1870 -
d. 1946)
(acting for Seitz)
28 Aug 1910 - 29 Jan 1912 Otto
Gleim
(s.a.)
Aug 1910 - Sep
1910 Theodor
Steinhausen
(b. 1870 - d. af.1933)
(acting for Gleim)
Sep 1910 - 25 Oct 1910
Wilhelm Peter Hansen (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Gleim)
Oct 1911 - 29 Jan 1912
Wilhelm Peter Hansen (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Gleim)
29 Jan 1912 - 15 Feb 1916 Karl
Ebermaier
(s.a.)
9 Oct 1913 -
1914
August Full (acting for Ebermaier) (b. 18.. - d. 1934)
Ambas Bay
10 Aug
1858
Victoria settlement for freed slaves founded by the
British
Baptist Missionary Society at Ambas Bay.
19 Jul
1884
British declare Ambas Bay Protectorate
(subordinated to the Oil
Rivers Protectorate [see Nigeria]).
1886
Baptist
Missionary Society agrees to turn over its posts to the
Basel Evangelical Missionary Society.
28 Mar
1887
Ambas Bay ceded to Germany by U.K., part of German Kamerun.
Administrators (Senior
Missionaries)
1858 -
1876
Alfred
Saker
(b. 1814
- d. 1880)
1877 -
1878
George
Grenfell
(b. 1849
- d. 1906)
1878 - 27 Dec 1883
Quintin W.
Thomson
(b. 1840 - d. 1883)
28 Dec 1883 - 19 Jul
1884 Thomas Lewis
(b. 1859 - d. 1929)
British Consul
19 Jul 1884 - 28 Mar 1887
Edward Hyde
Hewett
(b. 1830 - d. 1891)
(consul
at Oil Rivers Protectorate)
British
Cameroons
26 Sep 1914 - 1 Oct 1954
|
![[British Cameroons, unofficial flag
1922-1930 (Cameroon)] [British Cameroons,
unofficial flag 1922-1930 (Cameroon)]](cam_brit.gif)
1922 - 1930 Unofficial Flag
|
![[British Southern
Cameroons, Unofficial flag 1954-Oct 1961] [British Southern Cameroons, Unofficial flag
1954-Oct 1961]](cam_sur.gif)
Oct 1954 - 1 Oct 1961 Unofficial
Flag
Southern Cameroons
|
Map of British
Cameroons |
Capital:
Buea
(Northern Cameroons 1 Oct 1960 - 1 Jun 1961: Mubi)
|
Population:
753,000 (1953)
817,616 (1938) |
Currency: British West
African Pound (XWAP)
(1916-1961)
|
Exports: $2.2 million (1936) |
Imports: $1.2 million (1936) |
26 Sep
1914
French and British occupation of German Kamerun.
28 Jun
1919
Formal division into French Cameroun and British
Cameroons.
20 Jul
1920
British Cameroons a League of Nations mandate.
1930
Renamed Cameroons
under British Mandate.
2 Aug
1946
British Order in Council joins the UN Trust Territory of
Northern
Cameroons administratively, but not politically, to the
Northern
Region of Nigerian protectorate.
13 Dec
1946
Cameroons a British United Nations trust
territory.
1949
British Cameroons divided into two provinces: Northern
(capital
Bamenda) and Southern (capital Buea).
1 Oct
1954
An autonomous part of Nigeria.
7 Nov
1959
Northern British Cameroons plebiscite votes to reject a
union
with
Cameroun for independence with Nigeria.
11-12 Feb
1961
Plebiscites vote in Northern Cameroons for union with
Nigeria and
Southern
Cameroons for union with Cameroun.
1 Jun 1961
Northern British
Cameroons unites with Nigeria
(as Sardauna
province
within Northern Nigeria region).
1 Oct
1961
Southern British Cameroons incorporated into Republic of
Cameroon (as West Cameroon
region).
1 Oct 2017
Federal Republic of Ambazonia
declared by the Southern Cameroons
Ambazonia Consortium United Front (not recognized by
Cameroon).
Military Administrators
26 Aug 1914 - 28 Jun 1919 the
Administrators of French
Cameroun
British Residents, Cameroons Province
1916
Kenneth V.
Elphinstone
(b. 1878 - d. 1963)
1916 -
1917
E.C. Duff
1917 -
1919
P.V. Young
1919
W.G. Ambrose
1919
John C.
Maxwell
(b. 1875 - d. 1946)
1919 - 13 Feb 1921
John Humphrey
Davidson
(b. 1876 - d. 1954)
(from 1 Jan 1919, Sir John Humphrey Davidson)
14 Feb 1921 - 17 Jun 1921 G. Anderson
18 Jun 1921 - 16 Aug 1921 N.C. Duncan (acting)
17 Aug 1921 - 1925
Fitz Herbert Ruxton
(b. 1873 - d.
1954)
(senior
resident)
Jul 1923 -
1923
William Edgar Hunt
(b. 1883 - d. 1969)
(acting for Ruxton)
1925
William Edgar Hunt (acting)
(s.a.)
(district officer)
1925 - 1926
Edward John Arnett (1st time) (b. 1876
- d. 1940)
(senior resident)
1926 - 1928
Walter
Buchanan-Smith
(b. 1879 - d. 1944)
1928 - 1929
Harold Garrison Aveling (acting) (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
1929 - 1931
Edward John Arnett (2nd time) (s.a.)
1931 - 1932
George Sinclair
Browne
(b. 1880 - d. 1946)
1932 - 1933
Frederick Bernard
Carr
(b. 1893 - d. 1981)
(district officer)
1933
George Hugo Findlay
(b.
1888 - d. 1966)
(senior resident)
1933 - 1935
John Wynne Corrie Rutherfoord (b. 1888 - d.
1954)
1935 - 1938
Owen Watts
Firth
(b. 1884 - d. 1980)
(senior resident)
1938 -
1939
Ludlow Sealy-King (1st time) (b.
1891 - d. 19..)
(acting)
1939 - 1942
Arthur Evelyn Francis Murray
(b. 1888 - d. 1972)
(senior resident)
1942 - 1943
Ludlow Sealy-King (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1943 - 1944?
James Macrae
Simpson (b.
1906 - d. ....)
1944 - 25 Feb 1945
Percy Graham
Harris
(b. 1894 - d. 1945)
20 Mar 1945 - 10 Oct 1945 Alfred Leeming
(b. 1894 - d. 19..)
(senior district officer)
1945
Reuben John Hook (acting) (b.
1898 - d. 1981)
1945 -
1946
Frank B.
Bridges
(b. 1895 - d. 1994)
14 Feb 1946 - 4 Aug 1949 Neil
Mackenzie
(b. 1905 - d. ....)
(senior district officer)
25 Aug 1949 - 31 Dec 1949 Doyle Arthur
Fitz-Roy Shute (b. 1899 -
d. ....)
(senior
resident; continues to c.1951)
Special Resident
1949 - 1 Oct
1954
Edward John
Gibbons
(b. 1906 - d. 1990)
Commissioners
1 Oct 1954 -
1956
Edward John
Gibbons
(s.a.)
1956 - 1 Oct
1961
John Osbaldiston
Field
(b. 1913 - d. 1985)
Leader of Government Business
1 Oct 1954 - 1 Feb 1959
Emmanuel Mbela Lifate Endeley (b. 1916
- d. 1988) KNC
Premier
1 Feb 1959 - 1 Oct 1961
John Ngu
Foncha
(b. 1916 - d. 1999) KDNP
Administrator of Northern Cameroons
1 Oct 1960 - 1 Jun 1961 Sir Percy
Wyn-Harris
(b. 1903 - d. 1979)
French
Cameroons
-
- 26 Sep 1914 - 1 Jan 1959
|
Map of French Cameroons
|
Capital: Yaoundé
(Douala Sep 1914-1921,
1940-1946) |
Population: 2,616,300 (1938) |
Currency: CFA
franc 1945-1961 (French Franc 1916-1945)
|
Exports: $65 million (1953) |
Imports: $94.3 million (1953) |
12 Mar 1916
Occupied Territories of Former Cameroon
(Territoires Occupés de l'Ancien Cameroun).
25 May
1921
Occupied Territories of Former Cameroon renamed Cameroon
Territories (Territoire du Cameroun).
French Military Commander
26 Sep 1914 - 7 Apr 1916 Joseph
Gaudérique
Aymérich
(b. 1858 - d. 1937)
Administrators
7 Apr 1916 - 8 Oct 1916
Joseph Gaudérique
Aymérich
(s.a.)
8 Oct 1916 - 6 Mar 1919
Lucien Louis
Fourneau
(b. 1867 - d. 1930)
Commissioners
6 Mar 1919 - Mar
1923 Jules Gaston Henri
Carde
(b. 1874 - d. 1949)
(acting to 7 Dec 1919)
Sep 1920 - Jun
1921 Auguste
François Bonnecarrère (b.
1875 - d. 1966)
(acting for Carde)
Mar 1923 - 29 Apr 1923
Albéric Auguste Fournier (acting) (b.
1878 - d. 19..)
29 Apr 1923 - 31 Aug 1932 Théodore Paul
Marchand (1st time)
27 Dec 1924 - 11 May 1925 Ernest Augustin
Bleu (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1937)
(acting for Marchand)
2 Mar 1926 - 31 Oct 1926 Ernest
Augustin Bleu (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Marchand)
26 Apr 1929 - 26 Oct 1929 Ernest Augustin
Bleu (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Marchand)
19 Jun 1931 - 6 Feb 1932 Ernest
Augustin Bleu (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Marchand)
31 Aug 1932 - 7 Jul 1934 Paul
Auguste François Bonnecarrère (s.a.)
(acting to 22 Sep 1932)
7 Jul 1934 -
1936
Jules Vincent
Repiquet
(b. 1874 - d. 1960)
1936 - Jan
1937
Gaston Camille Guibet (acting)
(b. 1881 - d. 1973)
Jan 1937 - 16 Nov 1938
Pierre François
Boisson
(b. 1894 - d. 1948)
7 Oct 1937 - 9 Mar 1938
Pierre Émile
Aubert
(b. 1888 - d. 1972)
(acting for Boisson)
16 Nov 1938 - 27 Aug 1940 Richard Edmond
Maurice Édouard (b. 1883 - d.
1958)
Brunot
Governors
27 Aug 1940 - 20 Nov 1940 Jacques
Philippe Leclerc
de (b. 1902 -
d. 1947)
Hauteclocque
20 Nov 1940 - 20 Jul 1943 Pierre Charles
Albert Cournarie (b. 1895 - d. 1968)
20 Jul 1943 - 15 Nov 1944 Hubert Eugène
Paul Carras (b. 1890 -
d. 1947)
15 Nov 1944 - 16 Jan 1946 Henri Pierre
Nicolas
(b. 1896 - d. 1986)
16 Jan 1946 - 16 Mar 1946 Adrien Émile
Amédée Léger (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1948)
High Commissioners
16 Mar 1946 - 25 Mar 1947 Robert
Delavignette
(b. 1897 - d. 1976)
25 Mar 1947 - Apr 1947
Fernand Gaston Georges
Émile (b. 1896 - d.
1985)
Robert Casimir (1st time)(acting)
Apr 1947 - 7 Jul
1949 René
Hoffherr
(b. 1893 - d. 1982)
7 Jul 1949 - 10 Jan 1950 Fernand
Gaston Georges Émile
(s.a.)
Robert Casimir (2nd time)(acting)
10 Jan 1950 - 2 Dec 1954 Jean Louis
Marie André Soucadoux (b. 1904 - d. 2001)
2 Dec 1954 - 17 Apr 1956 Roland
Joanes Louis
Pré
(b. 1907 - d. 1980)
17 Apr 1956 - 29 Jan 1958 Pierre
Messmer
(b. 1916 - d. 2007)
29 Jan 1958 - 19 Feb 1958 Jean Paul
Ramadier
(b. 1913 - d. 1968)
19 Feb 1958 - 1 Jan 1960 Xavier
Antoine Torre
(b. 1910 - d. 2003)
Prime ministers
16 May 1957 - 18 Feb 1958 André-Marie
Mbida
(b. 1917 - d. 1980) PDC
18 Feb 1958 - 1 Jan 1960 Ahmadou
Babatoura
Ahidjo
(b. 1924 - d. 1989) UC
Cameroon
Head of state
1 Jan 1960 - 5 May 1960
Ahmadou Babatoura
Ahidjo
(b. 1924 - d. 1989) UC
Presidents
5 May 1960 - 6 Nov 1982
Ahmadou Babatoura
Ahidjo
(s.a.)
UC;1966 UNC
6 Nov 1982
-
Paul
Biya
(b.
1933)
UNC;1985 RDPC
(Paul Barthélemy Biya'a Bi Mvondo)
Prime ministers
1 Jan 1960 - 5 May 1960
Ahmadou Babatoura
Ahidjo
(s.a.)
UC
15 May 1960 - 1 Oct 1961 Charles
Assalé
(b. 1911 - d. 1999) UC
Prime ministers of East Cameroon
1 Oct 1961 - 19 Jun 1965 Charles
Assalé
(s.a.)
UC
19 Jun 1965 - 20 Nov 1965 Vincent de Paul
Ahanda
(b. 1918 - d. 1975) UC
20 Nov 1965 - 2 Jun 1972 Simon
Pierre
Tchoungui
(b. 1916 - d. 1997) UC;1966 UNC
Prime ministers of West Cameroon
1 Oct 1961 - 13 May 1965 John Ngu
Foncha
(s.a.)
KNDP
13 May 1965 - 11 Jan 1968 Augustine Ngom
Jua
(b. 1929 - d. 1977)KNDP;1966 UNC
11 Jan 1968 - 2 Jun 1972 Salomon
Tandeng
Muna
(b. 1912 - d. 2002) UNC
Prime ministers
30 Jun 1975 - 6 Nov 1982 Paul
Biya
(s.a.)
UNC
6 Nov 1982 - 22 Aug 1983 Bello
Bouba
Maigari
(b.
1947)
UNC
22 Aug 1983 - 25 Jan 1984 Luc
Ayang
(b.
1947)
UNC
25 Jan 1984 - 26 Apr 1991 Post
abolished
26 Apr 1991 - 9 Apr 1992 Sadou
Hayatou
(b. 1942 - d. 2019) RDPC
9 Apr 1992 - 19 Sep 1996 Simon
Achidi
Achu
(b. 1934 - d. 2021) RDPC
19 Sep 1996 - 8 Dec 2004 Peter
Mafany
Musonge
(b.
1942)
RDPC
8 Dec 2004 - 30 Jun 2009 Ephraïm
Inoni
(b.
1947)
RDPC
30 Jun 2009 - 4 Jan 2019 Philemon Yunji Yang
(b. 1947)
RDPC
4 Jan 2019
-
Joseph Dion
Ngute
(b.
1954)
RDPC
Territorial Disputes:
Joint Border Commission with Nigeria reviewed 2002 ICJ
ruling on the entire boundary and bilaterally resolved
differences, including Jun 2006 Greentree Agreement
that immediately ceded sovereignty of the Bakassi
Peninsula to Cameroon with a full phase-out of
Nigerian control and repatriation of residents on 14
Aug 2008; Cameroon and Nigeria agreed on maritime
delimitation in Mar 2008; sovereignty dispute between
Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the
mouth of the Ntem River; only Nigeria and Cameroon
have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to
ratify the delimitation treaty, which also includes
the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries.
Party abbreviations: RDPC =
Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais/Cameroon
People's Democratic Movement (conservative,
only legal party 1985-90, former UNC, est.1985);
- Former parties: KNC =
Kamerun National Convention (supported separation of
Northern and Southern Cameroons from Nigeria, 1953-1960,
merged with Kamerun People's Party as Cameroons
Peoples' National Convention); KNDP =
Kamerun National Democratic Party (pro-independence, Southern
Cameroon-based, 1955-1966, merged into UNC); PDC
= Parti des Démocrates Camerounais (Cameroonian Party of
Democrats, liberal-democratic, 1957-1966, re-est.1991);
UC = Union Camerounaise (Cameroon
Union, pro-independence, Francophone Cameroon,
1958-1966, merged into UNC); UNC = Union
Nationale Camerounaise/Cameroon National Union
(nationalist, only legal party, 1966-1985, renamed RDPC)
© Ben Cahoon
|