Republic of Cameroon
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The centre of government of Cameroon is Yaoundé, and the largest city is port of Douala on the Atlantic. Achieved independence from France in 1960, and was joined by most of the (English-speaking) former British Cameroons in 1962. The then ruling party, the UPC of Ahmadou Ahidjo, has remained in power since, as the sole legal party 1966-90. Ahidjo resigned and was succeeded in 1982 by Paul Biya, who has survived prolonged democratic pressures (mainly centred in the angolophone West) since 1990. |
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 | Political Party: UPC Abbreviation of Peoples' Union of Cameroon. |
| Political Party: CPDM Abbreviation of Cameroon People's Democratic Movement. |
| Published in the Journal | |
| The OAU in Yaounde: Pursuit of Tradition or Doctrinal Renewal Briefing by Jean-Emmanuel Pondi from Vol.23 No.69 of the Review of African Political Economy (September 1996: pp446-447) |
| Economic Prospects for Africa Briefing by David Seddon from Vol.22 No.64 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1995: pp275-278) |
| Opening Political Space in Cameroon: the Ambiguous Response of the Mbororo Article by Lucy Davis from Vol.22 No.64 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1995: pp213-228) |
| Structural Adjustment in Africa by Bonnie K.Campbell and John Loxley (eds) Review by Diane Elson from Vol.18 No.50 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1991: pp162-165) |
| L'Etat au Cameroun by J F Bayart Review by Jean Copans from Vol.8 No.22 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1981: pp116-117) |
| The Lagos Accord for National Reconciliation in Chad Briefing by E G H Joffe from Vol.8 No.21 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1981: pp100-102) |
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