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Cameroon, [a] officially the Republic of Cameroon, [b] is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with 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.
The Cameroon government held two national censuses during the country's first 44 years as an independent country, in 1976 and again in 1987. Results from the second head count were never published. A third census, expected to take years to produce results, began on November 11, 2005, with a three-week interviewing phase.
French Cameroon achieved independence on January 1, 1960. After Guinea, it was the second of France's colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa to become independent. On 21 February 1960, the new nation held a constitutional referendum, approving a new constitution. On 5 May 1960, Ahmadou Ahidjo became president.
The Regions of Cameroon are divided into 58 divisions or departments. The divisions are further sub-divided into sub-divisions ( arrondissements) and districts. The divisions are listed below, by province. The constitution divides Cameroon into 10 semi-autonomous regions, each under the administration of an elected Regional Council.
The economy of Cameroon was one of the most prosperous in Africa for a quarter of a century after independence. The drop in commodity prices for its principal exports – petroleum, cocoa, coffee, and cotton – in the mid-1980s, combined with an overvalued currency and economic mismanagement, led to a decade-long recession.
The government. It is the duty of the Government to implement the policy of the nation. (Constitution of Cameroon: Article 11) The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers lead the government. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the republic and the Council of Minister is made of ministers also appointed by the President of ...
Anglophone Crisis. The Anglophone Crisis ( French: Crise anglophone ), also known as the Ambazonia War [11] or the Cameroonian Civil War, [12] is an ongoing armed conflict between Cameroon and self-proclaimed Ambazonia in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of the country, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. [13]
Cameroon: 0.576: Low human development 6 Northwest: 0.549 7 East: 0.533 8 Adamawa: 0.494 9 Far North: 0.462 10 North: 0.455 References