Flag Description
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow,
with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; the vertical
tricolor recalls the flag of France; red symbolizes unity, yellow
the sun, happiness, and the savannahs in the north, and green hope
and the forests in the south; the star is referred to as the "star
of unity"
note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Paul Biya
- President of Cameroon since 6th November 1982
Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo, 13 February
1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has been the President of
Cameroon since 6 November 1982. A native of Cameroon's south,
Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo
in the 1960s, serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency from
1968 to 1975 and then as Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1975
to 1982. He succeeded Ahidjo as President upon the latter's surprise
resignation in 1982 and consolidated power in a 1983–1984 power
struggle with his predecessor. Read
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Philémon Yang
- Prime Minister of Cameroon since 30th June 2009
Philémon Yunji Yang (born June 14, 1947) is a Cameroonian politician
who has been Prime Minister of Cameroon since 30 June 2009. He was
previously the Assistant Secretary General N°1 of the Presidency
of the Republic of Cameroon, with the rank of Minister, from 2004
to 2009. He served in the government from 1975 to 1984 and was Cameroon's
Ambassador to Canada from 1984 to 2004. Read
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Cameroon
French Cameroon became independent in 1960 as the Republic of
Cameroon. The following year the southern portion of neighboring
British Cameroon voted to merge with the new country to form the
Federal Republic of Cameroon. In 1972, a new constitution replaced
the federation with a unitary state, the United Republic of Cameroon.
The country has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted
the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as
a petroleum industry. Despite slow movement toward democratic
reform, political power remains firmly in the hands of President
Paul BIYA. Source
The martyrdom of elephants: A sad
tale of greed March 07, 2012
Paris, France - The year 2012 started dramatically for elephants
in the central African country of Cameroon. According to the UN,
450 carcasses of these animals - a protected species - have been
found in the Bouba N'Djida National Park, near Cameroon's northern
border with Chad. The slaughter is especially worrisome given
that, as of 2007, the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) estimated that only 1,000 to 5,000 elephants are
still left in Cameroon. The massacre is sad proof that in spite
of serious efforts, poaching continues to damage Cameroon's biodiversity,
endangering an animal so important in the collective imagination
of a continent. Read
O Cameroon, Thou Cradle of our Fathers,
Holy Shrine where in our midst they now repose,
Their tears and blood and sweat thy soil did water,
On thy hills and valleys once their tillage rose.
Dear Fatherland, thy worth no tongue can tell!
How can we ever pay thy due?
Thy welfare we will win in toil and love and peace,
Will be to thy name ever true!
Land of Promise, land of Glory!
Thou, of life and joy, our only store!
Thine be honour, thine devotion,
And deep endearment, for evermore.
From Shari, from where the Mungo meanders
From along the banks of lowly Boumba Stream,
Muster thy sons in union close around thee,
Mighty as the Buea Mountain be their team;
Instil in them the love of gentle ways,
Regret for errors of the past;
Foster, for Mother Africa, a loyalty
That true shall remain to the last.
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