Ambassador Barlerin’s Statement to the Press As Prepared for Delivery Following his Meeting with President Paul Biya The Unity Palace, Yaoundé, May 17, 2018 In addition to transmitting the best wishes of President Trump for Cameroon’s National Day, I discussed with President Biya a number of issues of common interest. First, the President agreed with ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 17 May, 2018 | Topics:
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| Tags: Ambassador Barlerin
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC February 5, 2018 The United States condemns the ongoing violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, including the murder of two Cameroonian gendarmes in the North West Region village of Mbingo, a Cameroonian soldier outside of Bamenda on February 1, an electoral official of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) in Bangem, ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 6 February, 2018 | Topics:
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January 16, 2018 The United States condemns the murder of a Cameroonian Marine in Ekondo-Titi of the Southwest Region on January 14 and the murder of a Gendarme in Wum of the Northwest Region on January 15. We express our sincere condolences to the families of the slain service members as well as to the ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 16 January, 2018 | Topics:
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| Tags: Northwest Region, Southwest Region, violence
By David Bohigian This week I’ll be traveling with U.S. officials to Cameroon to visit a hospital that could serve as a model for advancing access to quality healthcare across the continent — and around the world. The Magrabi-ICO Cameroon Eye Institute, inaugurated earlier this year, provides cataract surgery to address one of the leading ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 12 January, 2018 | Topics:
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| Tags: OPIC
December 19, 2017 The United States condemns the murders of four gendarmes during an attack on their facility in Kembong, Southwest Region on December 18. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the fallen gendarmes as well as to the people of Cameroon. We hope to see an immediate end to the violence ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 19 December, 2017 | Topics:
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| Tags: South West Region
The United States expresses its sympathy to the Government and the people of Cameroon concerning the fire during the evening of November 16th that damaged Cameroon’s National Assembly, an integral part of Cameroon’s democracy and constitution, and we recognize the valiant work of the firefighters who extinguished the blaze. The United States understands the importance ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 17 November, 2017 | Topics:
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U.S. Embassy, Yaoundé, September 5, 2017. Cameroon health officials will use new and upgraded tools to detect disease outbreaks at the earliest possible moment in order to respond effectively in a sophisticated exercise (September 7-15) designed to test Cameroon’s public health emergency management preparedness. All of the tools and mechanisms that Cameroon, with U.S. assistance, ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 6 September, 2017 | Topics:
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| Tags: PHEOC
U.S. Embassy, Yaounde, August 10, 2017. The U.S. Army, in partnership with the Cameroonian Armed Forces, is conducting August 3-18 a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE 17-5) in Garoua, Cameroon that builds and strengthens the medical processes of both countries. MEDRETE is part of a broader series of military-to-military activities that demonstrate the strong relationship ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 11 August, 2017 | Topics:
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| Tags: Garoua, U.S. Army
The U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, announces an open competition for Grant Proposals for the administration of the English Access Microscholarship Program (Access), which provides English-language instruction to 13 to 20 year-old disadvantaged students, to include students from urban, rural and/or ethnic minority regions of Cameroon. The Access Program is expected to fund two-years of ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 21 March, 2017 | Topics:
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| Tags: Access, English, Grants
The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon, in partnership with the Yaounde Pilot Linguistic Center, is organizing a seminar for English language teachers on the theme “Teaching English with Online Tools.” The seminar, which is open to teachers from the Center, South, and East regions, will take place in CLAC Mimboman from September 28 – 30, 2016, ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 7 September, 2016 | Topics:
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The United States Embassy in Yaoundé announces that two National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women’s NBA stars, Charlie Bell and Astou Ndiaye will visit Yaounde from September 5 through 9, 2016 for a series of youth sports community outreach programs which will include hundreds of youth and adults from all ten regions of the country. ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Yaounde | 2 September, 2016 | Topics:
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