The Republic of Cameroon
History
· The territory of present day Cameroon was first settled
during the Neolithic
· Portuguese sailors reached the coast in 1472
· The German Empire claimed the territory as the colony of
Kamerun in 1884 and began a steady push inland.
· An economic crisis took effect in the mid-1980s to late
1990s as a result of international economic conditions,
drought, falling petroleum prices, and years of corruption,
mismanagement, and cronyism.
Politics and Government
· The President of Cameroon has broad, unilateral powers to
create policy, administer government agencies, command
the armed forces, negotiate and ratify treaties, and declare a
state of emergency
· The president appoints government officials at all levels,
from the prime minister (considered the official head of
government), to the provincial governors, divisional
officers, and urban-council members in large cities)
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