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Cameroon–United States Relations
Cameroon–United States relations are international relations between Cameroon and the United States. History Before independence A U.S. presence in Cameroon predated the independence of French Cameroon in 1960. Since the nineteenth century, Cameroon had attracted American missionaries, some of whom – among them the American Presbyterian Mission and the American Baptist Mission – were influential in establishing education infrastructure in the country. More proximately, the U.S. had established a diplomatic post in Yaoundé in July 1957, with Walter Cutler at the helm. At that stage, the imminence of Cameroonian independence was apparent, and the U.S. sought to position itself for the French withdrawal, counting among its concerns the containment of communist expansion and therefore wishing to monitor the activities of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC), a communist civil insurgency. In 1959, the Yaoundé liaison was upgraded to a consulate general, and Ahmado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
