The decider was set for December 27, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but Asante Kotoko did not show up (apparently not having been informed of the match arrangements by the Ghanaian FA), and TP Englebert were declared champions.
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.
On 19 June 2010, an CASA C-212 Aviocar crashed on a flight from Yaoundé, Cameroon to Yangadou, Republic of the Congo, killing all 11 people on board, including the entire board of Sundance Resources, an Australian mining conglomerate.
This frontier town is located approximately 220 km from Yaoundé and as of 2005 had a population of 1,596.
Ape Action Africa was established in 1996 as a UK charity called CWAF, or Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund, and its primary objective was to improve living conditions for primates housed at Mvog-Betsi Zoo in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam (Born on May 20, 1990 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a French weightlifter who competes in the men's lightweight division (-69 kg).
Bertin Ebwellé Ndingué (born 11 September 1962 in Yaoundé) is a retired professional footballer who represented Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Bleriot Heuyot Tobit (born 27 November 1975 in Yaoundé) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer.
The following year, Banda became the first Zambian to sign a full-time contract as national team coach when he signed a three-year deal and he underlined this when Zambia demolished Cameroun 4-1 in Lusaka in a World Cup qualifier and went through to the next round after a 1-1 draw in Yaoundé in the second leg.
Cameroon Airlines Flight 786 was a Boeing 737-2H7C, registration TJ-CBD, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Douala Airport, Cameroon (ICAO: FKKD), to Garoua via Yaoundé.
It is issued by the BEAC (Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, "Bank of the Central African States"), located in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for the members of the CEMAC (Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale, "Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa").
Charlotte Dipanda (born in 1985, Yaoundé, Cameroon) is an Afropop singer from Cameroon, who plays mostly acoustic music.
Jacques-David Embé (born November 13, 1973 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian soccer player who played as Striker.
Valery Douglas Pajetat (born 17 February 1986 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for F.C. Famalicão in Portugal, as a goalkeeper.
Émile Bertrand Mbamba (born 27 October 1982 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football striker, who currently plays for Indonesia Premier League side Persema Malang.
He spent the majority of his professional career playing for Canon Yaoundé.
However, despite Cameroon's impressive waterpower resources, the national electricity grid runs principally from Douala to Yaoundé and from Douala to Bafoussam.
Eric Christian Ndjie (born February 8, 1988 in Yaoundé) is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Cotonsport Garoua.
Érnest-Lottin Ebongué (born May 15, 1962 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a former football (soccer) midfielder.
Francis Adissa Kioyo (born 18 September 1979 in Yaoundé) is a German footballer of Cameroonian descent who currently plays for FC Amberg.
From 1971 until 1977 Moltke worked in the Department of the German Ambassador in Moscow and Yaoundé.
Born in Yaoundé, Messi started playing professionally with hometown sides Tonnerre Yaoundé and Canon Yaoundé, having an abroad spell in between with Turkish team Çaykur Rizespor, appearing scarcely during the 2000–01 season as the Süper Lig side finished in ninth position.
Gilles Augustin Binya (born 29 August 1984 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.
Gustave Anicet Bebbe Mbangue (born 22 June 1982 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Sông Lam Nghệ An in the Vietnamese V-League.
Guy Bertrand Ngon Mamoun (born November 4, 1983 in Metet, Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Guy Roland N'Dy Assembé (born February 28, 1986 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football goalkeeper who is under contract for French side Nancy but currently on loan at Guingamp.
Holmes began his diplomatic career by joining the Foreign Service in 1959; his first posting was as a consular and political officer in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Hervé Anselme Ndjana Onana (born on 1 June 1986 in Yaoundé) is a football player from Cameroon.
The Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (AFLEG) Ministerial Conference was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon in October 2003.
Janvier Charles Mbarga (born September 27, 1985 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a professional Cameroonian footballer who plays as goalkeeper.
Jean-Hugues Ateba Bilayi (born 1 April 1981 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football defender.
Jean-Séraphin M'Bessa Akono (born August 5, 1983 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian professional football player.
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.
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An attacking central midfielder, Ndo began his career in 1995 with Canon Yaoundé before moving to Cotonsport FC de Garoua in 1997, he won the 1998 Elite One league with Cotonsport before leaving Africa for European football.
Joseph Nane Fils Eone (born March 12, 1987 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.
On Saturday, 19 June 2010, Talbot was on a chartered flight between Yaoundé, Cameroon and Congo with fellow Sundance Resources executives Geoff Wedlock, Don Lewis, John Carr-Gregg, John Jones and Craig Oliver, when the plane went missing.
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 Joel Tsafack N'Guémo (born 28 November 1985 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux.
A boy by the name of Dieudonné (God Given) lives in a popular neighborhood in Yaoundé.
Ayock Louis Berty (born November 21, 1981 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian football midfielder who was released by Hong Kong First Division League club TSW Pegasus in 2009.
Jason Marcelo Elame (born 4 January 1982 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football defender who currently plays for Vereya Stara Zagora.
Ahanda worked for a few years in the science department of the University of Yaoundé.
He participated to Philippe Leclerc's offensive against Italian positions in Libya, but was badly wounded near Kufra on 8 February 1941, and sent to hospital first at Yaoundé and then at Beirut.
Michel Pensée Billong (born 16 June 1973 in Yaoundé) is a former Cameroonian footballer who played as a defender.
The nearest being Yaoundé on the Limpopo river, is about 9 km to the North.
Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh (November 11, 1949–September 7, 2006) was a Cameroonian theatre director, critic, and playwright, and professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Yaoundé I.
Ekangaki died at Yaoundé on 3 June 2005 and was buried in Nguti on 25 June.
During the French Mandate, the capital was moved to Yaoundé, with the decree of the 1st March 1921 and the High Commissioner Delegate occupied the building.
"The Coup" - After his three-year posting, Morgan Leafy heads from to Nkongsamba to Yaoundé airport only to find on his arrival that there has been a coup.
Patrice Abanda Etong (born 3 August 1978, in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian former football player.
After this first experience abroad, he returned to Cameroon and signed with Canon Yaoundé where he played two seasons.
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Patrick Mevoungou (born 15 February 1986 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football midfielder playing with Hungarian side Győr.
Serge-Paul Loga (born 14 August 1969) is a retired Cameroonian football player who played for Prevoyance Yaoundé.
Pierre Romain Owono Ebéde (born February 9, 1980 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian goalkeeper.
Raphaël Marie Ze (born November 4, 1932 in Alangana; died September 6, 2011 in Yaoundé) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sangmélima, Cameroon.
The ex-Tonnerre striker who is on break in Yaounde he cited François Omam-Biyik as his mentor insinuating that his dream is to one day put on the national colours and defend his beloved fatherland as his standard-bearer did.
During a campaign of urban renewal by the Yaoundé Urban Council in Cameroon, the cross was popularly referred to as "Tsimi's Cross" after the Government Delegate to Yaoundé Urban Council Gilbert Tsimi Evouna.
Sébastien Ndjana Kana (born 18 November 1983 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a professional Cameroonian footballer who plays for Union Douala.
In 1931, in order to break the power of the Bamun, French administrators exiled Ibrahim Njoya to Yaoundé.
He died on March 24, 2008 in Yaoundé, the Capital (political and administrative) city of Cameroon.
After his schooling he worked as a medical assistant in Yaoundé and Mbalmayo.
Stephane Onesime Emaná (born 17 June 1994 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for CF Pobla de Mafumet as a forward.
Steve Libiih Leo Bessong (born February 10, 1989 in Yaoundé) is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Fogape Yaoundé.
Mbalam is located about 300 km east-southeast of the capital city of Yaoundé in the southern part of Cameroon.
Born in Yaoundé, Ovono began playing football in Europe in Turkey, starting with modest Sivasspor, then switching to the Süper Lig in the 1997–98 season, appearing very rarely for the last-placed team, Belediye Vanspor.
Abega played club football for Canon Yaoundé where he won the 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs and 1979 African Cup Winners' Cup titles as well as four Cameroonian championships and five Cameroonian Cups.
Germain Francelin Tiko Messina (born 29 April 1990 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Greek second-tier side Apollon 1926 F.C. as a midfielder.
He made a return when Zambia met Cameroon for a place at CAN 1970 with Zambia drawing 2-2 at home in June 1969 and going out after a 2-1 defeat in Yaoundé on 3 August 1969 in a match where Zambia scored first through Godfrey Chitalu and conceded an equalizer by Confiance Moukoko in the 56th minute.
The State Department established an embassy in Yaoundé in nearby Cameroon on January 1, 1960, with Bolard More as Chargé d'affaires ad interim.
There are two American schools in Cameroon, the American School of Yaounde (ASOY) and Rain Forest International School (RFIS) and one Turkish School, The Amity College/School .
By the time of a CJUF congress in Yaoundé in August 1953, the Senegalese and Nigerien Youth Councils had resigned from CJUF.
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Francis Duclair Mbome Mbome (born 30 November 1988 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-born Equatoguinean football midfielder, who plays for Minnesota Twinstars in the American NPSL (Midwest Division).
Born in Edéa, Bwelle began playing youth football with L'Espoir de Yaoundé.
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.
There are broadcasting stations at Yaoundé, Douala, Garoua, Buea, Bertoua, Bamenda, and Bafoussam, offering programs in French, English, and many African languages.