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Cameroon–United States relations

The program will fund an agricultural development and nutrition enhancement project in the East and Adamawa provinces.


2000 African Cup Winners' Cup

In a final featuring two giants of African club football, four time African champions Zamalek of Egypt defeated three time African champions Canon Yaoundé of Cameroon 4-3 on aggregate over two-legs.

Adam El-Abd

On 15 May 2012, and for the first time, Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley included El-Abd in the squad for friendly games against Cameroon, Togo, and Senegal, and also against Mozambique in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.

Adolphe Teikeu

Adolphe Teikeu Kamgang (born 23 June 1990 in Bandjoun) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Age fraud in association football

One of the best known examples of a player falsifying documentations is Cameroon's international football defender Tobie Mimboe who held several documents during the course of his career that indicated he became younger as time went by.

Ajume Wingo

Hailing from Nso, a kingdom located in the North West Province of Cameroon, Ajume Wingo received much of his early education from Christian and Muslim missionaries, and from a Bedouin teacher (whose title of Mallam Gargari translates to "invincible teacher") known for his toughness and draconian style of discipline.

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

Before joining Perak, Bodjongo last played with his hometown club Douala Athletic Club, a club in MTN Elite Two, Cameroon's National Second Division.

Andy Allo

Born in Bamenda, Northwest Region, Cameroon, Allo developed an interest in music at an early age; her mother taught her to play the piano at age seven.

Angola–United States relations

This was thwarted by the Tunney/Clark amendment, passed by a Democratic congress forbidding any involvement.

Aruba–United States relations

Joran van der Sloot, Aruban resident sought by an arrest warrant from the United States

Bafut, Cameroon

Bafut is one of the two regions in Cameroon (the other being Bali, Cameroon), where traditional power structures are still in place.

Bamum script

The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by King Njoya of Cameroon at the turn of the 20th century.

Bertrand Teyou

Bertrand Zepherin Teyou (born 1969) is a Cameroonian author who was imprisoned from November 2010 to May 2011 on charges of insulting Chantal Biya, the wife of President Paul Biya in a recent book and for trying to hold a public reading of this book.

Bulbophyllum porphyrostachys

Although the distribution of B. porphyrostachys is widespread; from Southern Nigeria (in Okuma, Sapoba and Usonigbe Forest Reserves, and in Calabar) to Cameroon (specifically on Mount Cameroon) and Congo-Brazzaville; it is found only sporadically, as either an epiphyte, or a lithophyte (on lava rock).

Cameroon goby

Wheelerigobius wirtzi, the Cameroon goby, is a species of goby native to the Atlantic coast of Africa where it is so far known from Victoria Bay, Cameroon and São Tomé Island.

Centre for Human Rights

The programme is a joint project of the Centre with Makerere University (Uganda), the University of Ghana, the Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon), the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), the American University in Cairo (Egypt), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) and Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia).

Chamba people

The Chamba in Cameroon are divided into several subsets: Bali Nyonga, Bali Kumbat, Bali-Gham, Bali-Gangsin, and Bali-Gasho.

Cyrille Makanaky

Cyrille Thomas Makanaky (born 28 June 1965 in Douala) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Edouard Oum Ndeki

Joseph Edouard Oum Ndeki (8 May 1976 – 7 March 2009 in Rhodes) was a Cameroonian footballer who last played for Rodos.

Eritrea–United States relations

The treaty granted the United States control and expansion of the important British military communications base at Kagnew near Asmara.

Eurytela alinda

It is found in Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ghana–United States relations

Ghana – United States relations have generally been friendly since Ghana's independence, except for a period of strained relations during the later years of the Nkrumah regime.

Gift Leremi

On 3 September 2007, Leremi was returning home after a CAF Confederation Cup game in Cameroon against Astres FC when he was involved in a traffic collision in Alberton outside Johannesburg.

Hervé Ndjana Onana

Hervé Anselme Ndjana Onana (born on 1 June 1986 in Yaoundé) is a football player from Cameroon.

Iran–United Kingdom relations

On 19 June 2009, the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei described the British Government as the "most evil" of those in the Western nations, accusing the British government of sending spies into Iran to stir emotions at the time of the elections, although it has been suggested by British diplomats that the statement was using the UK as a "proxy" for the United States, in order to prevent damaging US–Iranian relations.

Jean-Pierre Tokoto

Jean-Pierre Tokoto (born 26 January 1948 in Douala) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer.

Joseph N'Do

Joseph Cyrille N'Do (born 28 April 1976) is a Cameroonian international football player, born in Yaoundé, currently registered with Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Kimitoshi Nōgawa

On April 12, 2005 it was reported that Nougawa had apparently signed with Canon Yaoundé in Cameroon on a one-year contract and that he would be the first Japanese player to play in Africa.

Landry N'Guémo

N'Guémo is a native of Dschang, a small town in western Cameroon, he played for various local teams in Dschang before moving to Yaounde aged 13.

Macau–United States relations

The legislature passed an anti-terrorism law in April 2002 that includes provisions that are consistent with the requirements of UN Security Council Resolution 1373.

Marilyn Douala Bell

Marilyn Douala-Bell was born in Cameroon in 1957 to Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, a Dualan king.

Mittelafrika

German strategic thinking was that if the region between the colonies of German East Africa (Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania minus the island of Zanzibar), German South-West Africa (Namibia minus Walvis Bay), and Cameroon could be annexed, a contiguous entity could be created covering the breadth of the African continent from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

Namibia–United States relations

In addition to the Embassy, the Centers for Disease Control, Peace Corps, and the Defense Department have offices in Windhoek.

Ndumbe

Manga Ndumbe Bell (1851–1908), a leader of the Duala people of southern Cameroon

Nery Pumpido

At the 1990 World Cup, Pumpido was at fault for Cameroon's winning goal, fumbling François Omam-Biyik's header into the net as the African nation shocked the defending champions at the tournament's opening game in Milan, winning by a goal to nil.

Ngaoundéré

In cooperation with the local Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon EELC and the American ELCA the NMS has built the Protestant Hospital of Ngaoundéré, a high school and several other institutions.

Old German government headquarters in Douala

The headquarters were then transferred to Buea, and then back to Douala in 1908 following the eruption of Mount Cameroon.

Panyarring

In 1788, a British trader bought 30 persons held in pawnship in Bimbia, in present-day Cameroon, for transport to the Americas.

Paraguay–United States relations

In September 2009 Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo revoked plans for US troops to hold joint military exercises and development projects after stating that he no longer thinks that hosting troops taking part in the US department of defence’s "New Horizons" programme was worthwhile.

Patrice Abanda

Patrice Abanda Etong (born 3 August 1978, in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian former football player.

Patrick Mevoungou

After this first experience abroad, he returned to Cameroon and signed with Canon Yaoundé where he played two seasons.

Paul Bahoken

Paul Bahoken (7 July 1955 in Douala) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer.

Paul Pondi

On 20 January 1993, Cameroonian opposition leader John Fru Ndi attended the inauguration of US President Bill Clinton; he and his wife Rose were photographed with Clinton and Clinton's wife Hillary, and Fru Ndi's presence at the event had a symbolic impact in Cameroon, giving the impression of recognition and legitimacy in light of Fru Ndi's claim to have defeated Biya in the 1992 presidential election.

Raffia palm

The raffia palm is important in societies such as that of the Province of Bohol in the Philippines, Kuba of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nso of Cameroon, the Igbo and Ibibio/Annang of southestern, the Urhobo and Ijaw people of Niger delta Nigeria and the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, among several other West African ethnic nations.

Robert Briskman

Briskman was responsible for Indonesia’s domestic satellite system Palapa, Mexico’s Morelos, Arabsat, and Italsat programs, as well as for providing support to the Inmarsat, Intelsat, STC (Direct broadcast), Telstar-3, Alascom, Satcol, Unisat, Intelmet, Nordsat, Chinasat, and Cameroon programs.

Rwanda–United States relations

American business interests have been small; currently, private U.S. investment is limited to the tea industry, franchising (FedEx, Coca-Cola, Western Union, and MoneyGram) and small holdings in service and manufacturing concerns.

S. typica

Similipepsis typica, a moth species known from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe

Santchou

Most recently though the vibrancy in the town has returned due to the completion of the Melong to Dschang road with the town acting as a major transport hub for people travelling to Bamenda and other parts of the North West region of Cameroon.

Singapore–United States relations

The United States first opened a consulate in Singapore in 1836, appointing Joseph Balestier to the post of consul.

Sudan–United States relations

In the early and mid-1990s, Carlos the Jackal, Osama bin Laden, Abu Nidal, and other terrorist leaders resided in Khartoum.

Taiwan–United States relations

and the first ever Direct Election of the Presidency of Republic of China in 1996 and President Lee Teng-hui's 1995 visit to Cornell University of the United States that incurred the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis and the US intervention by deploying two aircraft carrier battlegroups near Taiwan Strait amid missile tests by People's Liberation Army in the nearby coastal provinces of People's Republic of China.


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