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| 06YAOUNDE1431 |
CAMEROON MILITARY READY TO ENGAGE IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with DATT, General Ren-Claude MEKA, Chief of Staff of Cameroon's Armed Forces, said Cameroon was prepared to eventually contribute up to a batallion for international peacekeeping operations. Cameroon has the political and military will to participate in PKO, but [...] |
2006-09-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1566 |
CAMEROON: EXXON FEARS EMPLOYEE UNREST IN SALE TO [...] (U) Summary. ExxonMobil representatives told Charge October 11 that they feared their 85 employees in Cameroon might take "illegal action," possibly to include violence, to pressure Exxon to make cash concessions to its employees as part of the pending share sale of Exxon's Africa operations [...] |
2006-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ENRG ELAB ETRD EPET LY CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1631 |
CAMEROON: OFF ROAD IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief made a three-day trip at the height of the rainy season September 28-October 1 to inaugurate Self-Help and Ambassador's Girls Scholarship projects in the North West, South West and West provinces. This message offers her impressions of the region. ----------------------- [...] |
2006-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAGR SENV KCOR SCUL PINR |
| 06YAOUNDE1811 |
TOUGH LOVE IN CAMEROON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. Corruption, specifically the Government's faithfulness to its anti-corruption promises, continues to take center stage in Cameroon. Indeed, this was Anti-corruption Week in Cameroon, as the Prime Minister launched a high-profile seminar on how to implment the UN Anti-Corrupt [...] |
2006-12-08 11:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV EFIN CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1840 |
CAMEROON: EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON [...] (U) As expected (reftel), the President of the National Assembly issued an order December 13 convoking an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to begin December 14, immediately upon the conclusion of the regular session. According to the order, the National Assembly will consider fo [...] |
2006-12-14 09:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1847 |
U.S. OPPORTUNITIES IN CAMEROON'S AMBITIOUS POWER [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon is "thirsty" for new investments in the oil, gas, and power sectors, and eager to establish partnerships with American companies and relevant USG agencies, according to Dudley Achu Sama, the seniormost technical advisor at the Ministry of Water and Energy (French acron [...] |
2006-12-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON PGOV PINR CM |
| 06YAOUNDE1883 |
CAMEROON: CORRUPTION TRIAL EMBROILS FIRST LADY, [...] (C) Summary. Defense attorneys in the FEICOM corruption trial created tumult in the courtroom and a splash in the headlines when they demanded, on December 19, that the court hear testimony from First Lady Chantal Biya and other Cameroonian notables who feature prominently in the list of il [...] |
2006-12-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON PGOV EFIN KMCA CM PINR |
| 06YAOUNDE816 |
CAMEROON: A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENCIES [...] (C) In its 46 years of independence, Cameroon has only known two presidents, Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960-1982) and Paul Biya (1982-present). Ahidjo was a charismatic and decisive man who ruled a one-party state where citizens had no voice in their leadership. Under Ahidjo, Cameroon's economy fared [...] |
2006-05-24 16:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PINR CM |
| 06YAOUNDE925 |
CAMEROON: FORMER CHILD LABORERS SHOW THEIR TALENTS [...] (U) To highlight the scourge of child labor and to showcase the talents of those Cameroonian children who have escaped it, Embassy Yaounde -- piggy backing on the ILO's International Day to Combat Child Labor -- put on a fashion show and handicrafts fair in the Chancery June 13 where former [...] |
2006-06-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CM |
| 06YAOUNDE928 |
CAMEROON HIT BY A SERIES OF STRIKES [...] (U) Cameroon has been hit by four strikes in the first two weeks of June, some of which are related. Employees of the national airline (CAMAIR), taxi drivers, Wackenhut security guards and university students have all walked out. While it is too soon to characterize this as a "wave," four i [...] |
2006-06-16 06:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB CM EAIR ASEC EFIN |
| 07YAOUNDE1036 |
CAMEROON: "BIYA WILL SOON MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Flush with an overwhelming parliamentary majority, President Biya will move quickly and decisively to prove he is serious about rooting out corruption and improving governance, predicted Gregoire Owona in an August 13 lunch with Charge and Poloff. Owona, a senior official at t [...] |
2007-08-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1044 |
TRADITIONAL LEADERS SEEK EMBASSY PROTECTION WHEN [...] (U) Summary. Nineteen men from the community of Sabga in Cameroon's Northwest Province gathered outside of the Embassy compound at the opening of business on August 21 claiming fear of arrest, violence, and deadly force in retaliation for their opposition to an effort to install a governmen [...] |
2007-08-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1049 |
CAMEROON: POST DEMARCHES GOVERNMENT, TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Leaders and community members from Sabga (reftel) spent the night August 21 outside the Embassy gates, claiming fear of harassment and arrest if they left. In an August 22 demarche to the Political Director at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MIN [...] |
2007-08-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE106 |
CAMEROON: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS [...] (U) Poloff met with Felix-fils Eboa Ebongue of Foreign Ministry (MINREX) on January 17 to discuss points outlined in reftel. Ebongue said he would convey the U.S. concerns to the Ministry. He pointed out that NGOs receive protection under the new penal code, which was promulgated January 1. [...] |
2007-01-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM KDEM PHUM PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1061 |
CAMEROON: POST CONTINUES TO LOBBY GRC, SABGA MEN [...] (U) Summary. Charge and Mission staff have continued to raise the Sabga issue (reftels) with contacts in the GRC, but there has been no formal response. The group of men is still camped in front of the Embassy compound. The President of the leading national Mbororo organization called Polo [...] |
2007-08-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1065 |
CAMEROON AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cameroon's interministerial committee (CIM, French acronym) for avian influenza (AI) is better poised to respond to an AI outbreak than it was last year, due to substantial training and assistance from USAID, NAMRU-3 (reftel), CDC, APHIS and others, includin [...] |
2007-08-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR SENV AMED CASC KSCA CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1071 |
CAMEROON'S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TELL FOREST [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's Forestry Minister (MINFOF) was caught off-guard when EU representatives responded to his August 22 appeal for donor assistance by suggesting that the Government of Cameroon's problem is "not money, but will." The ambassadors encouraged Ngolle to continue MINFOF's fi [...] |
2007-08-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1080 |
CAMEROON: SABGA MEN STILL CAMPED AT EMBASSY, HOPE [...] (U) The delegation of men from Sabga have maintained their presence outside the Embassy since August 20. Although their numbers fluctuate as they receive visitors and members of the community bring them food and water, a core group of around 12 is always present and their total number fluctu [...] |
2007-08-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1088 |
CAMEROON: SABGA MEN LEAVE EMBASSY WITH PM'S [...] (SBU) Sabga community members camped outside the Embassy for eleven days departed without incident in the early evening on August 31. Earlier in the day, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni called Charge to advise that he had met with representatives of the group and that they would be r [...] |
2007-09-01 12:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1090 |
CAMEROON PRIME MINISTER SEEKS USG INPUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni asked Charge on September 4 to share the list of personnel suggestions that then-Ambassador Marquardt provided during his July 6 farewell call on President Biya (ref B). Inoni said Biya wanted to consult the list before making final decisions for u [...] |
2007-09-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1097 |
UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC DISSENT IN CAMEROON'S RULING [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding image of President Paul Biya's ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as a disciplined monolith was shaken when veteran CPDM official and National Assembly representative Adama Modi publicly opposed the CPDM's candidate during August 31 elections [...] |
2007-09-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1109 |
CAMEROON: BOLD STROKE FOR COMPETENCE, [...] (C) Summary. President Biya on September 7 ordered a major cabinet reshuffle, dismissing 14 ministers -- including a number of the most notoriously corrupt and inept -- and refashioning two ministries to create a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Economy, Planning and Rural Development. [...] |
2007-09-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1112 |
CAMEROON LIKELY TO OBJECT TO COST OF MARITIME [...] (U) Poloff met with Chantal Nama, Sub-Director in the Bureau of UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on August 31 and to discuss reftel talking points. Nama promised to pass the information to the Department of Customs at the Ministry of Economy and Finance to assess Cameroon's capacity to adh [...] |
2007-09-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1116 |
FORMER CANADIAN PM ON CONGO BASIN VISIT, ENDS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin visited Cameroon September 9-12 on a familiarization trip in his new role as a co-chair (with Kenyan Minister and Noble Laureate Wangari Maathai) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP). In a meeting where donor representatives [...] |
2007-09-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KCOR ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1140 |
BIYA LAYS OUT VISION FOR CAMEROON'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare publicized meeting with his cabinet, President Paul Biya on September 12 ordered his new government to focus on achieving more robust economic growth, progress on social issues like health and education, and better governance, including increased efforts against ant [...] |
2007-09-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMCC PREL PINR ECON ETRD EINV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1143 |
CAMEROON: PM SALUTES "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Garvey, in her initial call on Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni on September 18, told the PM that the U.S. would continue to be "open, honest and supportive" of Cameroon and would maintain its focus on strengthening democratic processes, fostering economic growth, and [...] |
2007-09-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMCA PHUM PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1159 |
CAMEROON TO ANNOUNCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) has informed post that it will announce at the upcoming UNGA its plan to create an International School of Security Forces in Cameroon (with French support), focused on training police and gendarmes for peacekeeping operations in Africa. Cameroon is seeki [...] |
2007-09-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CM MASS PGOV PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1160 |
CAMEROON JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Justice Amadou Ali welcomed Ambassador Garvey in a September 20 courtesy call and said that continued cooperation on anti-corruption was the most important way for the USG to help Cameroon's development efforts. Ali also invited [...] |
2007-09-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE117 |
CAMEROON: COTCO OIL SPILL TROUBLING CALM WATERS [...] (SBU) On January 19, Cameroonian newspapers reported an oil spill from the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO) off the coast of Cameroon near Kribi. COTCO Managing Director Jacky Lesage informed the Embassy that the spill took place some time during the night of January 14-15 from a [...] |
2007-01-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET SENV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1178 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 25 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Secretary General to the President (and close Biya confidant) Laurent Esso described Cameroon's "sincere and deep" friendship with the United States and highlighted some of the country's historical challenges. While conceding [...] |
2007-09-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM PGOV PREL KMCC |
| 07YAOUNDE1196 |
CAMEROON INTERESTED IN JOINING THE COALITION [...] (U) In a September 11 letter, Minister of Forestry and Wildlife Elvis Ngolle Ngolle responded to A/S McMurray's invitation (ref A) asking Cameroon to join the Coalition against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT). The letter declared the Ministry's interest in participating in CAWT, stating that CAW [...] |
2007-10-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1198 |
CAMEROON CONTINUES TO RANK POORLY ON GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Summary: The week of September 24 brought three new studies reinforcing Cameroon's reputation for poor performance on corruption and governance. Cameroon scored 138 out of 179 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, 154 out of 178 in the World Bank's Doing Busines [...] |
2007-10-04 06:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON ETRD CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1208 |
CAMEROON'S RE-RUN ELECTIONS: PREP IMPROVES, MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Cameroon held re-run elections for 17 parliamentary seats following a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the July 22 election results for these seats because of gross irregularities. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) did predictably we [...] |
2007-10-05 08:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1211 |
CAMEROON: TOURS D'HORIZON WITH PM AND INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa acknowledged failings in Cameroon's electoral process (but thought ELECAM was not a good fix), described serious security concerns on the border with [...] |
2007-10-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL ASEC ECON KMCC |
| 07YAOUNDE1234 |
CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: RECENT [...] (C) Summary and action request. The Ambassador's recent meetings with Cameroon Vice PM/Minister of Justice Amadou Ali and Canadian High Commissioner Jean Pierre LaVoie provided new information relevant to USG participation in Government of Cameroon (GRC) anti-corruption investigations (ref [...] |
2007-10-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1235 |
CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: WHO IS DOOH [...] (C) Summary. Francis Dooh Collins is Justice Minister Ali's chosen interlocutor with foreign governments regarding the anti-corruption investigation Ali is spearheading (reftels). Although some of Dooh Collins' outlandish claims have given us reason to doubt his credibility, he has succeed [...] |
2007-10-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1236 |
CORRUPTION: CAMEROON SUBMITS MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Minister for Justice has signed a mutual legal assistance (MLA) request asking the USG to provide information from USG records and American institutions relevant to corrupt acts committed by Cameroonian officials. We anticipate that USG officials will identify a num [...] |
2007-10-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE124 |
CAMEROON: 2005 CENSUS RESULTS DELAYED [...] (U) Results from Cameroon's third General Population and Housing census, launched November 11, 2005, will be delayed until at least August 2007. The Government claims it lacks the funds to publish the report, whose results were promised by July 2006. The late publication of the results, whet [...] |
2007-01-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV CM NI |
| 07YAOUNDE1257 |
TRADITIONAL MUSLIM LEADER SALUTES PEACE CORPS, US POLICY [...] (U) Summary: The image of the USG among Muslims in the Mokolo Division of Cameroon's Extreme North Province is largely positive, thanks to the work of Peace Corps volunteers, US Embassy outspokenness on democracy and anti-corruption, and small-grant development efforts, according to Yacouba [...] |
2007-10-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PREL EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1269 |
CAMEROON VISA FRAUD: NOT ENOUGH HANDCUFFS [...] (U) Summary: Three recently uncovered visa scams highlight the ongoing efforts of malafide Cameroonian travelers to emigrate illegally to the United States. Excellent support from the Regional Security Office, collaboration with local law enforcement and vigilance by consular employees are key [...] |
2007-10-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ASEC KFRD CMGT ECON PHUM KPAO CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1271 |
SARKOZY-BIYA SUMMIT: A FRENCH VIEW FROM CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary. Less than one week after returning from UNGA and a protracted stay in Geneva, President Paul Biya left October 22 for Paris, where he will attend UNESCO's general conference and meet on October 26 with French President Sarkozy for the first bilateral meeting between the two pre [...] |
2007-10-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KCRO KPKO CM FR |
| 07YAOUNDE128 |
U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006 [...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...] |
2007-01-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1304 |
WHICH VISA LOTTERY? CONSULAR OUTREACH IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary: Although Embassy Yaounde visa procedures are of intense interest to Cameroonians and are readily available from multiple sources, they are often distorted in the public eye, usually by scam artists who prey on the desperation and ignorance of many applicants. This phenomenon is mo [...] |
2007-11-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KFRD KPAO ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1306 |
ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING: [...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...] |
2007-11-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1308 |
CAMEROON: BIYA STILL AN ENIGMA AFTER 25 YEARS [...] (C) Summary: Nationwide events on November 6 will fete the anniversary of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's 25 years in office. Biya survived over two decades filled with political turmoil and economic crisis. While preserving unity and a measure of stability, he has performed poorly in g [...] |
2007-11-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PREL PINR ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM TBIO |
| 07YAOUNDE1315 |
CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...] |
2007-11-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1342 |
CAMEROON: PM ON INVESTMENT, PRIVATIZATION, AFRICOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Cameroon Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said CAMAIR was being retendered, while the privatization of CAMTEL was pending due to changes in the tender documents. He hoped to streamline a multitude of investment promotion initiatives a [...] |
2007-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAIR ECON MASS PREL PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE1355 |
CAMEROON REACTS TO ATTACK ALONG NIGERIAN BORDER [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) issued a November 13 statement in response to the November 12 attack that, at last count, killed 21 and injured 10 Cameroonian soldiers at a military post on the Bakassi Peninsula in the riverine border with Nigeria. The statement (full text below) deplor [...] |
2007-11-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1374 |
CAMEROON'S FIU SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH US [...] (SBU) This is an action request for INL. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) In a November 14 conversation with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, the Director of Cameroon's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said he was eager to build working relationships with USG counterparts and to begin the process of jo [...] |
2007-11-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PTER CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1391 |
CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND [...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...] |
2007-11-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1417 |
CAMEROON'S NORTH: POOR AND FEELING NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's recent orientation trip to Cameroon's North and Far North provinces revealed a region of poverty, insecurity and perceived political neglect. Local officials, traditional leaders, NGO representatives, businessmen and others stressed the impact of desertificati [...] |
2007-12-04 13:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAGR ECON PGOV SENV PINR KISL KPAO |
| 07YAOUNDE1428 |
HYDROMINE: AMERICAN DEAL-MAKER FOR CAMEROON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydromine, an American project developer partnered with mining companies from the UAE and India, has been working since 2004 to develop Cameroon's multi-billion dollar bauxite resources and related infrastructure, including a railroad and deep water port. While the Prime Min [...] |
2007-12-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EMIN ETRD EINV ECOM PGOV PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE1441 |
CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in li [...] |
2007-12-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1447 |
CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in lin [...] |
2007-12-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1449 |
TRANSPARENCY BAROMETER: CAMEROONIANS ARE CHAMPION [...] (U) More Cameroonians bribed public officials in the last year than any other nationality surveyed, according to Transparency International's (TI) just-released 2007 Global Corruption Barometer, a survey of corruption in 60 countries, including five in sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy-nine percen [...] |
2007-12-12 08:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR ETRD EAID PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE1478 |
CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...] |
2007-12-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 07YAOUNDE1479 |
CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...] |
2007-12-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 07YAOUNDE1496 |
UN OFFICIAL SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Africa Division, UN Department of Political Affairs, Sammy Kum Buo (of Cameroonian origin), recently encouraged Ambassador to help convince A/S Jendayi Frazer and former UNSG Kofi Annan to engage President Biya about the need to plan for succession when his [...] |
2007-12-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE1497 |
CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER ON CORRUPTION LEGAL [...] (C) Ambassador joined the Canadian and Dutch COMs on December 18 for a joint meeting with Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister/Minister for Justice Amadou Ali focused on the GRC's request for legal assistance (ref b) in pursuing overseas bank accounts of Cameroonians tied to corruption. Explainin [...] |
2007-12-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE179 |
CAMEROON'S DIPLOMATS: IN THE COUNTRY'S DISSERVICE, [...] (C) The recent death of Cameroon's long-serving Ambassador to the E.U. resparked recurring public and media commentary on Cameroon's dramatically stagnant diplomatic corps. More than a dozen Cameroonian ambassadors have occupied their positions for more than 10 years, several have been in p [...] |
2007-02-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM CVIS KCOR KFRD PINR PREL NI |
| 07YAOUNDE227 |
CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA [...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A), and his final [...] |
2007-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV CM KCOR |
| 07YAOUNDE32 |
CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) President Biya delivered his New Year's message to the diplomatic corps January 4, which largely echoed his New Year's address to the nation (septel). In his 20 minute remarks he named the June 12 Greentree Agreement on Bakassi and reaching the HIPC Completion Point in April as Cameroon' [...] |
2007-01-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON CM NI TBIO SENV |
| 07YAOUNDE382 |
IMF/WORLD BANK MISSION GIVES CAMEROON HALF-HEARTED [...] (C) Summary. IMF Mission Chief Dan Ghura said publicly on March 15 that Cameroon's performance is "globally" on track, but the IMF's bland public pronouncements obscure some shortcomings in Cameroon's financial governance. Most troubling was the relapse in 2006 of extra-budgetary spending [...] |
2007-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KCOR ECPS CM EPET |
| 07YAOUNDE386 |
EITI: CAMEROON'S OIL REVENUES COME OUT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) process has meant unprecedented transparency into the accounts of the National Hydrocarbon Company (SNH) -- worth as much as $1.4 billion annually--but important short-comings remain. After [...] |
2007-03-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR EPET EFIN ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE418 |
CAMEROON: JULY ELECTIONS APPROACH, UNCERTAINLY [...] (U) Legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon most likely will be held July 22. Under that scenario, voter registration, in accordance with the law, would end on April 23, when President Biya would call the elections. Some here hope to register some 8 million voters, a feat that would [...] |
2007-04-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CM |
| 07YAOUNDE442 |
CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC), President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...] |
2007-04-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE445 |
CAMEROON: BIYA ON ELECTIONS AND WAR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Biya claims he is still hard at work against corruption, and that he will fire and arrest some of his most corrupt ministers (and his incompetent transport minister) before election day. Finding lieutenants who are both clean and competent seems to be a huge challeng [...] |
2007-04-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PREL PGOV KCOR PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE446 |
CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS, [...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...] |
2007-04-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE492 |
CAMEROON: INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION ONE [...] (U) Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni issued a decision April 16 creating an inter-ministerial ad hoc committee to facilitate the implementation of ELECAM (Elections Cameroon), the independent electoral commission announced in December. The ad hoc committee has 45 days (maximum) to complete its ta [...] |
2007-04-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE493 |
CAMEROON OPPOSITION LEADER ON ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Bernard "Ben" Muna, head of the newly formed opposition coalition Alliance of Progressive Forces told Charge April 16 that he feared "generalized violence" if the July legislative and municipal elections are fraught with fraud. Pointing to violence that has broken out recently among ru [...] |
2007-04-17 16:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CM KCOR PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE497 |
NOBLE ENERGY BRIEFS BIYA ON EXPLORATION PLANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya on April 18 told Charles Davidson, the visiting president and CEO of U.S. energy exploration company Noble Energy, that he welcomed U.S. investment in Cameroon in all sectors. Biya committed his government's full support to Noble and all other U.S. investor [...] |
2007-04-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL CM EK |
| 07YAOUNDE504 |
CAMEROON: ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JULY 22 [...] (U) As was widely expected, President Biya issued a decree April 20 calling legislative and municipal elections for Sunday, July 22. In accordance with Cameroonian law, voter registration closed with this announcement. According to news reports, some 4 million people are registered to vote, [...] |
2007-04-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE539 |
POACHERS BEWARE: CAMEROON'S LAST GREAT APE IS ON [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Last Great Ape (LAGA) organization deploys passionate staff and proven law enforcement techniques to achieve spectacular results in prosecuting wildlife traffickers in Cameroon and, increasingly, the Central African region. In their unorthodox pursuit of wildlife tr [...] |
2007-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
| 07YAOUNDE599 |
CAMEROON ONE YEAR AFTER COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary. April 28 marked the first anniversary of Cameroon's approval for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, which triggered an estimated $2.65 billion in debt relief between 2006 and 2015. While the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has undertaken some [...] |
2007-05-10 11:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID ENRG CM |
| 07YAOUNDE61 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary: On January 17, the Ambassador and Finance Minister Abah Abah discussed Cameroon's revised, updated action plan to qualify for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and the ongoing anti-corruption and good governance efforts of the government of Cameroon (GRC). The Minister sa [...] |
2007-01-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA CM |
| 07YAOUNDE62 |
CAMEROON: SIGNATURE OF BILATERAL DEBT FORGIVENESS [...] (U) On January 17, the Ambassador and Minister of Economy and Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah signed an agreement forgiving Cameroon's official bilateral debt to the United States. The debt forgiveness stems from Cameroon's attainment of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Com [...] |
2007-01-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CM |
| 07YAOUNDE667 |
KENYA AIR CRASH PUTS CAMEROON'S GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. The May 5 crash of Kenya Airways flight 507 (reftels) brought to stark relief some of the worst characteristics of governance in Cameroon. Although the event would have challenged even a capable government, Cameroon's response was hampered by many of the same factors that impe [...] |
2007-05-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAIR PREL CM PGOV |
| 07YAOUNDE689 |
CAMEROON SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO WORLD [...] (U) In a May 22 diplomatic note, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) announced the candidacy of Mr. Antoine Marie Manga Massina for the post of Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs at the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and requested USG support for his candidacy. This mess [...] |
2007-06-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CM |
| 07YAOUNDE731 |
CAMEROON: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT RELIEF HAVE [...] (C) Summary. Seven years after the beginning of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief process, the hundreds of millions of dollars specifically allocated for pro-poor development projects have had "no impact" according to the Cameroonian official charged with piloting the p [...] |
2007-06-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE732 |
CAMEROON: USG SHOULD AVOID ASSOCIATION WITH [...] (C) We believe that fundamental USG interests are undermined when USG officials -- and those of other groups of which we are members -- associate publicly with Polycarpe Abah Abah, Cameroon's current Minister of Economy and Finance and undisputed paragon of corruption. Abah Abah is a master [...] |
2007-06-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PREL CM PINR |
| 07YAOUNDE741 |
WHILE NOT PRETTY, CAMEROON'S ELECTION PREP IS [...] (C) With less than fifty days before voters go to the polls on July 22, the Government of Cameroon's handling of critical elements of the pre-election period has been marred with procedural irregularities. Some observers are questioning the government's commitment to democratic reform, poin [...] |
2007-06-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM CM |
| 07YAOUNDE766 |
2007 TIP REPORT: CAMEROON DEMARCHE [...] (U) Embassy delivered the advance copy of the Country Narrative for Cameroon to Joe Nzume, Head of the Americas Division at the foreign ministry (MINREX) on June 12 by fax. 2. (U) In addition, DCM addressed government leaders at an event jointly sponsored by the government of Cameroon and [...] |
2007-06-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07YAOUNDE836 |
EMBASSY, CARPE PROMOTE ENVIRONMENT TO CAMEROONIAN [...] (U) DCM, together with CARPE Director John Flynn and Yaounde CARPE representative Antoine Eyebe, at a June 28 Embassy-hosted event, presented certificates and prizes to three Cameroonian students who had participated in a World Environment Day event organized by CARPE. 2. (U) Twenty stude [...] |
2007-06-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM SENV |
| 07YAOUNDE837 |
CAMEROON'S COCOA SECTOR: ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES [...] (U) PolOff recently met with Bill Guyton, president of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and separately with representatives from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The USDA's focus is on disease prevention in the cocoa sector, while WCF addresses primarily world market developme [...] |
2007-06-29 11:17:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ELAB ECON EAGR PHUM |
| 07YAOUNDE867 |
CLINTON FOUNDATION HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary. The Clinton Foundation has begun programs focusing on the provision of pediatric and second line antiretroviral (ARV) drugs through an agreement signed with the Government of Cameroon (GRC) in January 2007 and intends to launch a Gates Foundation-funded malaria component in the [...] |
2007-07-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO CM |
| 07YAOUNDE894 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary. With the July 22 polls just five days away, campaigning across Cameroon has intensified to a fever pitch as political elites drum up support for their candidates in the Parliamentary and municipal elections. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), largely indi [...] |
2007-07-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KMCC EAID PHUM CM |
| 07YAOUNDE902 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS ON JULY 22; NUTS, BOLTS, AND [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonians will go to the polls on Sunday, July 22 to elect their representatives to the National Assembly (Parliament) and to municipal councils nationwide (reftels). Post will field 11 observer teams across all ten provinces, many working in coordination with other diploma [...] |
2007-07-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR KMCC PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE904 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. High-level corruption is intrinsic to democratic politics in Cameroon. With Cameroonians going to the polls on July 22, critical USG interests in improving governance and democratic processes are affected by the nexus between grand corruption and the financing of political part [...] |
2007-07-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE910 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTING AT FIRST BLUSH [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon on July 22 held dual legislative and municipal elections; initial, anecdotal reports indicate that President Biya's ruling party will hold onto its strong majority in the National Assembly and in municipal councils throughout much of the country. Though it is too early [...] |
2007-07-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE927 |
CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...] |
2007-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM |
| 07YAOUNDE929 |
CAMEROON: ELECTION "TRENDS" SHOW A MASSIVE RULING [...] (U) Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD), Hamidou Yaya Marafa, announced unofficial "trends" for the July 22 legislative and municipal elections the day after the voting. Marafa shared the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) official assessment that the [...] |
2007-07-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE951 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS: SHINE COMES OFF RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Less than two weeks after the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party claimed crushing victories in July 22 parliamentary and legislative elections, a strengthening chorus of complaints from opposition and civil society groups and even discord within the CPDM [...] |
2007-08-02 06:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE960 |
CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...] |
2007-08-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT |
| 07YAOUNDE974 |
CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...] |
2007-08-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT |
| 07YAOUNDE993 |
CAMEROON ELECTIONS AREN'T OVER UNTIL THE SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two weeks after the July 22 parliamentary and municipal polls, the official ballot count is complete. The results will not be released, however, until the Supreme Court has rendered decisions on 103 complaints filed by various political parties. Many observers spe [...] |
2007-08-07 11:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EAID CM |
| 07YAOUNDE994 |
CAMEROON'S UN REP: BIYA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) President Biya has instructed his diplomats to make Cameroon's positive relations with the U.S. more "visible," according to Cameroon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Martin Belinga Eboutou. Belinga called on Charge d'Affaires on August 6 to ask how Cameroon's UN dele [...] |
2007-08-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL PGOV CM |
| 08YAOUNDE10 |
CAMEROON FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon Finance Minister Essimi Menye told the Ambassador during her December 21 courtesy call that "the future of Cameroon is cocoa" and that long-running plans to privatize national airline CAMAIR and national telecom CAMTEL are being revisited. Economic growth will remain l [...] |
2008-01-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ECON PREL EINV CM |
| 08YAOUNDE103 |
CAMEROONIAN PRESIDENT BIYA TELLS AMBASSADOR HE [...] (C) On January 31, Ambassador met for one-and-a-half hours with President Paul Biya, at our request. Biya outlined his plans to change the constitution in March to eliminate term limits. He hoped this would reduce internal friction within his government. He plans to create a Vice Presiden [...] |
2008-01-31 18:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON ENIV MAS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE1032 |
CAMEROON'S COTTON SECTOR IN PAIN [...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, the seventh largest cotton producer in Africa, has seen the sector decline steadily since 2005. Contacts at Sodecoton, the government cotton parastatal, recently told the Ambassador and Emboffs that this was a result of lower world prices for raw cotton, a spike in fer [...] |
2008-10-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1033 |
CAMEROON: EXPECTATIONS FROM MINING INVESTMENTS FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sluggish economic growth, declining oil reserves and under- and unemployment that have rendered the population volatile, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has hitched its economic development to a series of ambitious mining projects. Recent visits to the East, Adamaoua, [...] |
2008-10-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON ELAB CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1034 |
SHOW ME THE MONEY! CAMEROON FOCUSES ON ASSET [...] (C) Summary. In the midst of an ongoing anti-corruption drive--the most aggressive in Cameroon's history --Cameroonians, from government officials and journalists to the proverbial man on the street, are increasingly fixated on the prospects of asset recovery. With dozens of senior officia [...] |
2008-10-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN ECON PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1041 |
CAMEROON-NIGERIA JOINT COMMISSION ENDS ON A HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8-11 Fourth Session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Joint Commission highlighted the desire by both countries for a new era of cooperation. The final document from the session called for expanded cooperation on security, including joint land and maritime patrols and inte [...] |
2008-10-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM ECON MARR NI PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE1042 |
CAMEROON POLICE SUSPENDED FOR KIDNAPPING OF EQUATO-GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has reacted with shock to reports that Cameroonian police officials collaborated with security officials from the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) to kidnap a Equatoguinean convicted in absentia and seeking refugee status in Cameroon. The two po [...] |
2008-10-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1046 |
Cameroon: Municipal Elections Bode Well for Democracy [...] (U) On October 26, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) will re-run municipal elections in six districts where the Supreme Court determined the original elections (in July 2007) were fatally flawed. The government has held parliamentary re-run elections in the past. The Supreme Court annulled [...] |
2008-10-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1047 |
BAKASSI DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES: THE PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has formed a committee to coordinate future development projects for Bakassi, under the auspices of the Prime Minister. The committee's initial report, designed to provide a broad road map for consideration by the government and donors, outlines priority needs for Ba [...] |
2008-10-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAID ECON NI PGOV PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE1056 |
CAMEROON OPEN(ING) FOR BUSINESS; COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS [...] (U) Summary: Post has been heavily engaged in commercial and economic policy outreach, reflecting the priority given to enhancing bilateral trade and fostering economic development, a key Mission Strategic Plan objective. Working under the aegis of a mission-wide Economic Working Group tha [...] |
2008-10-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KCOR CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1057 |
UNCOMMON COURAGE: CAMEROON'S MADELEINE AFITE [...] (SBU) I am proud to nominate Madeline Afite, the President of Cameroon's Maison de Droits de l'Homme and a extraordinary champion of democracy and human rights, for the Secretary's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage. Madeline is a fearless champion of human rights and democracy. [...] |
2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PHUM PGOV CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1071 |
PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSEL IN CAMEROON, [...] (SBU) At approximately midnight on October 31, unknown assailants in three boats attacked a vessel contracted by the French oil company Total off the Cameroon shore, between Bakassi and Limbe, taking 10 or 11 crew members hostage (no Amcits). According to Total's Cameroon Director, the host [...] |
2008-10-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM EPET PGOV PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE1077 |
CAMEROON ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE NETS ANOTHER [...] (U) Cameroon's anti-corruption drive, dubbed Operation Epervier ("Sparrowhawk") by the Cameroonian public, has netted another government official for embezzlement. Jean Dieudonne Ndoumou, most recently assigned to the Prime Minister's office, was detained by judicial authorities during the [...] |
2008-11-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EINV CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1102 |
CAMEROON: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, with a GDP of about $20.6 billion, is the largest economy in the six-nation Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). It is enjoying its thirteenth consecutive year of GDP growth, currently projected at 4.6 percent. It has a population of 18.5 million, a [...] |
2008-11-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1104 |
CAMEROON: REQUEST FY09 PEPFAR FUNDS FOR TREATMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for OGAC. 2. (U) The USG has the opportunity to assume responsibility for ongoing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) program for about 5,500 men, women and children in the regions hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic in Cameroon. The Cameroon Baptist [...] |
2008-11-10 10:16:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1107 |
CAMEROON: BANKERS' VIEWS ON FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has not significantly affected Cameroon and the country will likely remain relatively insulated in the short term. However, Cameroon's economy is heavily exposed to international commodity prices in everything from oil to cocoa and cobalt. Local fin [...] |
2008-11-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1114 |
CAMEROONQS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS REVEAL WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, six re-run municipal council elections were peaceful and to some degree improved from other recent polls. However, turnout was lower than expected and there were numerous irregularities, highlighting major areas for improvement as Cameroon heads toward national [...] |
2008-11-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE112 |
CAMEROON: MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 1, Ambassador met with Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa, whose responsibilities includes elections, decentralization, local administration and some aspects of internal security. Marafa said a recent Governor [...] |
2008-02-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PHUM |
| 08YAOUNDE1133 |
TOWARD 2011: FOCUS ON "CHANGE" IN COUNTRY-WIDE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Yaounde's highest priority Mission Strategic Plan goal is strengthening democracy and good governance, an objective of great importance as President Biya celebrates 26 years in power and 2011 Cameroonian presidential elections approach. To that end, Post used the U.S. e [...] |
2008-11-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRC KPAO PREL OIIP SCUL PGOV CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1169 |
CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA AT 26 [...] (C) November 6 marked President Paul Biya's 26th year in power. The occasion passed with little of the fanfare we saw at his 25th anniversary, perhaps reflecting greater anxiety and frustration in the country. 2008 was a particularly eventful political year, marked by a controversial const [...] |
2008-12-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE119 |
CAMEROON'S FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS CABINET [...] (S) Summary. In a recent meeting with Poloff, the head of Cameroon's financial crimes watchdog, Hubert Nde Sambone, said that all but a few members of Cameroon's 57-person cabinet have accumulated ill-gotten gains, naming Essimi Menye (Finance), Muna (Culture), Fuh Gentry (Mines), and Ephri [...] |
2008-02-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PREL KTFN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE121 |
CAMEROON: OPPOSITION TO CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Civil society representatives and opposition parties in Cameroon continue to speak out against President Biya's proposal to change the constitution. (Biya announced in his New Year's address that he would "reconsider" a constitutional amendment that would remove presidential term [...] |
2008-02-08 10:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1227 |
ACOTA SCORES WIN-WIN WITH CAMEROON TRAINING [...] (U) This cable is supplemented by photographs and other records of the event available on Yaounde's unclassified website at http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/ln_121209.html 2. (U) Summary: A Cameroonian battalion of 600 soldiers has completed ACOTA training in preparation for an eventual pea [...] |
2008-12-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PHUM KPKO KWMN KTIP AORC PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1228 |
CAMEROON: APPROVAL OF FY09 1206 PROPOSAL FOR BASIC [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde concurs with U.S. Africa Command,s (USAFRICOM) proposal to use FY 09 1206 funds for Cameroon to participate in a Military Intelligence Basic Officer Course Africa(MIBOC-A)focused on the Gulf of Guinea. Post understands that this training will be offered to Cameroon as part [...] |
2008-12-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM MARR MAS PINR PTER UV |
| 08YAOUNDE1233 |
CAMEROON: DEMARCHE ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) On December 17, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on terminating defense cooperation with Iran to Secretary General Sebastien Foumane at the Ministry of External Relations. Secretary General Foumane responded that, to his knowledge, Cameroon did not have any defense cooperation agre [...] |
2008-12-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | AF IR PARM PREL XA ISN NEA CM |
| 08YAOUNDE1235 |
BIYA READY FOR PEACEKEEPING; PROMISES MORE [...] (C) Summary. Talk of security--Cameroon's recent ACOTA training and threats from armed groups in Bakassi--dominated the Ambassador's December 19 meeting with Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Biya said Cameroon is ready to participate in a peacekeeping mission and expressed confidence that [...] |
2008-12-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR KPKO MARR PGOV PINR |
| 08YAOUNDE1236 |
CAMEROON: ANTI-CORRUPTION DEMONSTRATION REPRESSED [...] (U) On December 10, a local NGO, Association Citoyenne de Defense des Interets Collectifs (ACDIC), held a demonstration in Yaounde to protest corruption in the Agriculture Ministry. According to media and NGO sources, the police dispursed the demonstration forcibly, resulting in several inju [...] |
2008-12-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM KCOR PGOV PHUM |
| 08YAOUNDE1237 |
CAMEROON: INTEREST IN USG POSITION ON ZIMBABWE [...] 1. (C) In a meeting on December 17, Ministry of External Relations Secretary General Sebastien Foumane asked about the USG position on the crisis in Zimbabwe. He opined that the position of some countries, including the USG, was too strong. Cameroon felt a softer position that allowed Presid [...] |
2008-12-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL ZI |
| 08YAOUNDE1257 |
BIYA TAPS PARTY FAITHFUL TO RUN NEW ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya appointed the membership of the newly created elections agency ELECAM in a Presidential Decree issued on December 30, one day after the legislative deadline. The process of devolving management of the elections from the central government to an independent [...] |
2008-12-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM PINR CM |
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Cameroon-based UN Assessment of the Refugee Situation in [...] (U) Summary: On February 8, Poloff attended a UNDP-organized meeting of UN agencies, the ICRC, and diplomats to discuss ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts to refugees from Chad currently in Kousseri. According to those at the meeting, the 30,000 refugees in the area lack adequate sh [...] |
2008-02-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CM CD |
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DISCUSSING CHAD AT THE CAMEROON FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (SBU) In a February 15 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Secretary General of the Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Sebastien Foumane said that Cameroon had supported President Deby "very firmly" and noted that the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) had issued a joint press [...] |
2008-02-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CM PREL TBIO |
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CAMEROON SCENSETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: Welcome back to Cameroon. Since your July 2006 visit (refs b and c), we have made much progress on military cooperation with Cameroon, highlighted by the launch of the ACOTA program in 2007. Following the standing up of the new Africa Command, we have also engaged in a robust [...] |
2008-02-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
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CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hosting a February 5 public diplomacy event for leaders of Cameroonian civil society, Ambassador delivered remarks in which she encouraged open dialogue on the issue of changing Cameroon's constitution and stated USG opposition to amending executive term limits. She hosted a [...] |
2008-02-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CM PGOV PREL |
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EMBASSY YAOUNDE TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde informs the Department of specific tripwires Post is monitoring in light of the recent civil unrest and widespread rioting in Cameroon. Today, February 27th, various neighborhoods in Yaounde have reported gunfire, tire burning, destruction of small shops, stores, and ston [...] |
2008-02-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
| 08YAOUNDE190 |
CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...] |
2008-02-27 16:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
| 08YAOUNDE191 |
CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...] |
2008-02-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
| 08YAOUNDE192 |
CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...] |
2008-02-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
| 08YAOUNDE193 |
CAMEROON: BIYA'S SPEECH OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHELPFUL [...] (SBU) President Paul Biya addressed the Cameroonian people February 27 on the recent violence in Cameroon. He minced no words, blaming opposition politicians (whom he labeled "demons") for manipulating the country's youth to "obtain through violence what they were unable to obtain through the [...] |
2008-02-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO ASEC CM |
| 08YAOUNDE194 |
Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...] |
2008-02-28 16:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
| 08YAOUNDE195 |
Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...] |
2008-02-28 17:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
| 08YAOUNDE197 |
Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...] |
2008-02-28 17:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
| 08YAOUNDE199 |
CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...] |
2008-02-29 06:46:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
| 08YAOUNDE203 |
TFCM-01: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde EAC met at 08:30 local time on February 29 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. "Enforced calm" throughout most of Cameroon -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...] |
2008-03-03 09:05:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT KFLO KSAC MARR PHUM PINR PGOV |
| 08YAOUNDE204 |
Task Force Cameroon-01: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde EAC met at 08:30 local time on February 29 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. "Enforced calm" throughout most of Cameroon -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...] |
2008-03-03 09:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT KFLO KSAC MARR PHUM PINR PGOV |
| 08YAOUNDE209 |
CAMEROON'S ECONOMY: BACKDROP TO A WEEK OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic outlook portends continued tepid growth despite high oil prices, reflecting low levels of investment, poor execution of the budget, and the reduced competitiveness of agricultural exports. Recent conversations with IMF and World Bank officials underscore [...] |
2008-03-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON EFIN EIND EMIN PGOV EINV ELAB PINR |
| 08YAOUNDE211 |
CAMEROON: STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS...WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-27, Cameroon experienced its worst period of violence since the early 1990s. Violent protests and looting left major property damage and 16-17 dead (according to government estimates; nonofficial estimates are much higher). The causes were a mix of political and e [...] |
2008-03-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL MARR ECON ELAB CM |
| 08YAOUNDE215 |
CAMEROON: EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 0930 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and in attendance were the DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, Embassy Branch Office, GSO, and MGMT. 2. (U) The situation [...] |
2008-03-05 14:15:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM PINR PGOV KPAO |
| 08YAOUNDE236 |
CAMEROON: FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Foreign Minister on March 5 told Ambassador that comments about domestic politics, such as the ruling party's plan to amend the constitution and eliminate presidential term limits, violate "diplomatic law." He nonetheless reaffirmed our mutual ties, leaving us wonderin [...] |
2008-03-11 12:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM KJUS PGOV PHUM |
| 08YAOUNDE237 |
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: TRACING CAMEROON'S [...] (S) Summary. President Biya has reason to believe that powerful political barons worked to manipulate the population's genuine political-economic frustrations in order to cultivate instability in more than 30 Cameroonian cities during the week of February 25 (ref a). Amid the conflicting a [...] |
2008-03-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
| 08YAOUNDE247 |
CAMEROON: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On March 5, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and encouraged Cameroon to recognize Kosovo's independence and support the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) statement. The Minister took notes but offered no response. GARVEY [...] |
2008-03-13 08:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KISL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE256 |
DAS SWAN'S VISIT TO CAMEROON: RIOTS, THE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7-9 visit to Yaounde and Douala, DAS Jim Swan met with President Biya, other senior government officials and representatives of business, media and civil society. Publicly and privately, Swan expressed USG concerns about Cameroon's recent riots, President Biya's [...] |
2008-03-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE259 |
YAOUNDE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) Embassy Yaounde expanded Emergency Action Committee met on March 17 to discuss the security situation and reverse tripwires following recent violent civil unrest in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the DCM and in attendance were RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, CONS, PA, HU, MGMT, GSO, CLO and Peace C [...] |
2008-03-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
| 08YAOUNDE26 |
CAMEROON'S NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY: DYNAMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 8 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) Louis Paul Motaze highlighted the need for more decisive action to spur economic growth and improve Cameroon's business climate. He was anxious to engage on the M [...] |
2008-01-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EIND KMCA CM |
| 08YAOUNDE262 |
CAMEROON INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The following information is keyed to questions in reftel: --Is Cameroon's Budget Made Public? At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes an overview of projected expenditures, indicating how the GRC intends to spends money at the Ministry-level [...] |
2008-03-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON KCOR PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE266 |
CAMEROON PRESS FREEDOM AT RISK [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI OPRC CM |
| 08YAOUNDE280 |
CAMEROON: RIOT TRIALS BEGIN, SIGNS OF INJUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Ministry of Justice is conducting trials to prosecute those suspected of participating in the February 25-29 riots in five of the country's ten provinces. Most of the accused are poor young men. Minister of Justice Amadou Ali told reporters at a March 6 press conferenc [...] |
2008-03-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE297 |
CHADIAN ACADEMIC EXILE IN CAMEROON SEEKS USG [...] (S) On March 26, Pol/Econ Chief met with Professor Balaam Facho, a Chadian veterinarian, professor at the University of Ndjemena, former government minister (including Foreign Minister) and political figure, who said he currently serves as Coordinator of the Chad-based "Groupe de Reflection [...] |
2008-03-28 06:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CD CM PGOV PINR PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE300 |
CAMEROON LURCHING TOWARDS GLOBAL AIDS FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to address the governance flaws that doomed Cameroon's Round 7 application to the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM), Cameroon's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) met on March 27 to reform the size and composition of its membership. Although th [...] |
2008-03-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID PREL KCOR CM |
| 08YAOUNDE313 |
CAMEROON CORRUPTION: FORMER MINISTERS OF FINANCE, [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah and former Minister of Health Urbain Awono Olanguena and as many as four lower level officials from their ministries were arrested and detained by Cameroon's judiciary police during the night of March 30 to March 31, according to state-owned [...] |
2008-03-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM CVIS KCOR PGOV PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE329 |
CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) The Deputy Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) and head of parliamentary affairs at the Presidency, Gregoire Owona, told Pol/Econ Chief on April 4 that the text of a proposed constitutional revision was submitted to parliament late April 3 and that [...] |
2008-04-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PINR CM |
| 08YAOUNDE33 |
CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary: President Paul Biya's New Year's speech, in which he announced his intention to "reconsider" changing the constitution, particularly presidential term limits (ref A), has sent shock waves throughout Cameroon. The private media, many civil society activists, and some opposition fi [...] |
2008-01-11 11:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE330 |
CAMEROON RIOTS SPUR GOVERMENT ACTION, BUT TO WHAT [...] (C) Summary. In the month since violent social unrest rattled Cameroon's highly touted stability, the Government has responded with uncharacteristic celerity and a flurry of highly publicized economic decisions. President Paul Biya on March 7 called a rare Cabinet meeting, issuing firm ins [...] |
2008-04-04 13:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN PINR CM |
| 08YAOUNDE331 |
CAMEROON REACTS TO EUROPEAN UNION STATEMENT ON [...] (U) The independent media and many civil society contacts in Cameroon have welcomed the European Union's March 27 statement (see paragraph 4 for text) addressing riots in February and President Paul Biya's stated plans to change the constitution and eliminate term limits. They have also noted [...] |
2008-04-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM EU |
| 08YAOUNDE346 |
CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) on April 4 presented a bill to the National Assembly to revise the 1996 Constitution (ref c). Embassy contacts tell us the Assembly will likely approve the amendments by April 11, and President Biya will ratify them soon thereafter. This bill con [...] |
2008-04-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE35 |
CAMEROON: NEW TWISTS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Amadou Ali's anti-corruption effort, with USG support, made headline news in Cameroon on January 9. Ambassador Garvey and the Ambassadors of Italy and the Netherlands met with Ali that evening. The Minister reaffirmed his and President Biya's commitment to [...] |
2008-01-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 08YAOUNDE358 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the National Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial constitutional amendment which, among other things, removes presidential term limits and gives the president immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office. Opposition parties suggested changes [...] |
2008-04-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE359 |
CAMEROON FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS BIYA'S MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's Minister of External Relations, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, asked to speak with Charge d'Affaires on April 9 to present the government's official position on recent "major events in the life of Cameroon," specifically, the constitutional revisions currently in process (reftels [...] |
2008-04-11 13:15:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE366 |
CAMEROON'S ANIF DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, Director of Cameroon's National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF), welcomed Washington's response (ref a) to ANIF's request for more information regarding financial transfers from the Revival of Islamic Heritage S [...] |
2008-04-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CM EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER KTFN |
| 08YAOUNDE367 |
BIYA SIGNS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REMOVING TERM [...] (U) President Paul Biya on April 14 signed and ratified the controversial constitutional amendment passed by the National Assembly on April 11. Among other things, the bill removes presidential term limits and creates immunity for the president after he leaves office. A widely rumored opposi [...] |
2008-04-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CM |
| 08YAOUNDE368 |
YAOUNDE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE LESSONS LEARNED: IT [...] (U) Summary: During the last week of February 2008, Cameroon's renowned stability and tranquility of Cameroon were shattered by a spasm of rioting and violence that led Embassy Yaounde to request the authorized departure of eligible family members. Mission Cameroon's lessons learned from this [...] |
2008-04-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AF AFIN AMGT ASEC CA CASC CM CMGT KFLO |
| 08YAOUNDE416 |
CAMEROON UPDATE: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador met with Philemon Yang, Minister Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency. He defended President Biya's decision to change the constitution, said Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) would be established by June and strongly suggested that Biya would not ru [...] |
2008-04-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
| 08YAOUNDE428 |
RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's civil unrest in February highlighted the risk of political volatility caused by rising food prices. Cameroon's high food prices are mostly caused by poor economic planning and management over the long-term. Blessed with enormous agricultural potential, Cameroon cou [...] |
2008-05-02 11:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV EFIN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE43 |
CAMEROON: MINISTER OF MINES PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Badel Ndanga Ndinga, Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development, and his mining team. They noted Cameroon's large (though largely untapped) mining potential, including its active artisinal mining sector. The U.S [...] |
2008-01-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON EIND EMIN |
| 08YAOUNDE440 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRIME MINISTER INONI [...] (C) Summary: In an April 29 meeting with Ambassador, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said he had completed a list of members for Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) and was advocating for an extension of the exploration license for US-led mining company Hydromine. He alleged the President [...] |
2008-05-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE449 |
CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL [...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...] |
2008-05-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM |
| 08YAOUNDE458 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR VISITS EIFORCES [...] (U) Summary: On May 7, the Ambassador and other Embassy personnel visited the planned future site of L'Ecole Internationale des Forces de Securite Interieure (EIFORCES) outside of Yaounde. EIFORCES is a Cameroon-led initiative with strong French support which is intended to build a robust, per [...] |
2008-05-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CM |
| 08YAOUNDE510 |
UNSYG REP CONCERNED ABOUT BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Said Djinnit, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission on the Bakassi border issue, expressed concern over security and other matters in connection with the upcoming (August 14) transfer of authority in the zone curre [...] |
2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM MARR MOPS NI PREL PTBS |
| 08YAOUNDE511 |
UNSYG REP CONCERNED ABOUT BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Said Djinnit, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission on the Bakassi border issue, expressed concern over security and other matters in connection with the upcoming (August 14) transfer of authority in the zone curre [...] |
2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM MARR MOPS NI PREL PTBS |
| 08YAOUNDE517 |
CAMEROON: POLITICAL MOOD UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political tension continues to be high at the top levels of the Cameroon government amidst persistent rumors of an imminent Cabinet shuffle and stepped-up anti-corruption efforts. The President,s much-vaunted emergency measures (reftel) have had little impact the economic prob [...] |
2008-05-30 11:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE518 |
CAMEROON HIKES PUBLIC SECTOR SALARIES: WHAT IMPACT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The pay raise that President Biya promised Cameroonian civil servants in the wake of February riots took effect on April 25, when an estimated 170,000 officials saw their salaries rise by 15 percent and their lodging benefits rise to 20 percent of their base salaries. The Unite [...] |
2008-05-30 11:27:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AMGT APER CM |
| 08YAOUNDE521 |
Snapshot of Douala Post-Riots [...] (U) Summary: Douala -- CameroonQs business capital, largest city, and hotbed of the opposition -- remains calm following riots in February and a constitutional amendment in April. However, there is rising frustration about the price of food. End summary. 2. (U) Douala has remained calm [...] |
2008-06-02 06:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ASEC CM |
| 08YAOUNDE546 |
CAMEROON CORRUPTION: ALBATROSS AFFAIR EMBROILS PM, [...] (C) Cameroonian media and gossip circuits have been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation that dozens of high-level officials and prominent Cameroonians, including Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, will be arrested for their role in what looks to become the biggest corruption scandal in Cameroo [...] |
2008-06-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV |
| 08YAOUNDE586 |
CAMEROON'S NORTHWEST PROVINCE: NEGLECTED SEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's first trip to the Northwest Province on May 11-15, local contacts expressed frustration with the region's poor infrastructure and lack of economic development. This Anglophone region feels marginalized by Yaounde, in part because it is the stronghold of the m [...] |
2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM |
| 08YAOUNDE587 |
ASTOUNDING CORRUPTION AT CAMEROON'S AIRPORT AGENCY [...] (U) This message contains an action request for INL/C. 2. (C) Summary: Roger Ntongo Onguene, the General Manager of Aeroports du Cameroun (ADC), the Cameroonian government agency charged with management of the nation's airports, has embezzled millions of dollars from the ADC's coffers, [...] |
2008-06-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAIR CVIS CM |
| 08YAOUNDE591 |
CAMEROON LANDS MINISTER ON CORRUPTION, SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic growth is hampered by pervasive problems in the system that governs land use and ownership, according to Lands Minister Pascal Anong Adibime. During a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Adibime said he was shocked by the level of corruption within his own [...] |
2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KCOR PREL PGOV EINV ECON CM |
| 08YAOUNDE592 |
CAMEROON'S IMF PROGRAM AT A KEY DECISION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with IMF Resrep for Cameroon Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi to discuss the Fund's plans for Cameroon after the anticipated end of its three-year program later this month. She explained that the GRC is currently deciding whether to pursue a new IMF Poverty [...] |
2008-06-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON EFIN |
| 08YAOUNDE622 |
CAMEROON: EMBASSY ENGAGES ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. On June 4, the Embassy hosted the opening ceremony for a USG-funded American Bar Association (ABA) seminar titled "Promoting a Multi-Disciplinary Strategy to Combating Trafficking in Persons". The Ambassador addressed the opening session by calling for stronger implementation of [...] |
2008-06-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE625 |
CAMEROON DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post demarched the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense on the Global Maritime Partnership. We have not yet received a substantive response. The GRC actively participates in the Africa Partnership Station (APS) and appears interested in future collaborations. We expec [...] |
2008-06-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
| 08YAOUNDE672 |
CAMEROON: ELECTIONS CAMEROON (ELECAM) DELAYED BY [...] (U) On June 27, the GRC asked the National Assembly to extend the implementation deadline for the creation of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) by six months, leaving in place the National Observatory of Elections (ONEL) and the current electoral administration structure in place during the interi [...] |
2008-06-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM PGOV PHUM |
| 08YAOUNDE687 |
CAMEROON TAKES OVER BAKASSI IN SIX WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GoN) is expected to hand over the remaining area of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula (known as "the zone") to Cameroon on August 14 2008, in accordance with the 2006 Greentree Agreement. Insecurity and criminal activity in "the zone" has risen in the two y [...] |
2008-07-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE698 |
CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PM TO DISCUSS AGOA, [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 8, Ambassador met with Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, at his request. He asked for advice in preparation for his travel to Washington as head of the Cameroon delegation to the July 14-16 AGOA Forum. Inoni is going with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Fi [...] |
2008-07-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ETRD MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE706 |
ATTACK ON U.S. OIL SHIPPING VESSEL NEAR THE [...] (U) Summary: On July 08, 2008, RSO received information from Douala-based Captain Richard Manchester (who is in charge of security for Tidewater Marine International, Inc. West Africa and Schlumberger Area UIC Dock Wouri River) about the attack on their vessel MV Gulf Fleet No. 103 by armed [...] |
2008-07-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM |
| 08YAOUNDE707 |
HIGH-POWERED CAMEROONIAN DELEGATION TO AGOA: A [...] Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni will lead a high-powered, 26-member delegation to the upcoming AGOA Forum, which will include Finance Minister Essimi Menye, Minister of External Relations Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Minister of Economy and Planning Louis Paul Motaze, Minister of Trade Luc Ma [...] |
2008-07-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ECON EFIN ETRD OVIP PGOV |
| 08YAOUNDE712 |
CAMEROON: DISCUSSION WITH BIYA'S CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with President Paul Biya's Director of Civil Cabinet (Chief of Staff) Jean-Baptiste Beleoken, who is in charge of managing the president's private affairs, protocol, and scheduling. Beleoken was focused on economics and said that this would be the [...] |
2008-07-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM ECON KCOR MARR PGOV PINR |
| 08YAOUNDE713 |
CAMEROON: CEMAC CONFERENCE - LOTS OF PROTOCOL, [...] (SBU) Summary: From June 19-24, Cameroon hosted the Ninth Ordinary Session of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in Yaounde. The Conference focused on the free movement of people within CEMAC, the creation of a CEMAC passport and airline and a proposal to rotate the [...] |
2008-07-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC ECON ECIN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE72 |
CAMEROON'S MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER ON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon Minister of Energy and Water Jean Bernard Sindeu realizes there is a serious energy deficit, costing the economy an estimated 1-1.5% of annual GDP growth. He is planning a major expansion in the electricity sector but foresees continued significant supply shortfalls [...] |
2008-01-28 13:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON ENRG EPET EWWT |
| 08YAOUNDE73 |
TALKING FINANCE IN CAMEROON'S COMMERCIAL CAPITAL [...] (U) Summary. Despite billions of dollars in excess liquidity in central African banks, much-needed investment in Cameroon is hindered by a lack of long-term capital, underdeveloped capital markets, and a challenging business climate, according to Douala-based bankers and businesspeople. Pri [...] |
2008-01-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV EMIN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE738 |
CAMEROON'S FOOD CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's food sector challenges remain unchanged since rising food prices were a major factor in sparking civil unrest in February. Significant impediments to a more productive agricultural sector include the dysfunctional nature of the government (particularly the Ministry o [...] |
2008-07-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAGR EAID ECON PGOV |
| 08YAOUNDE754 |
BAKASSI: 12 DEAD IN LATEST ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In the early hours of July 24, an unidentified armed group attacked a Cameroonian naval detachment at Kombo a Junea in the Bakassi Peninsula, killing two Cameroonian soldiers and wounding four. Later that same day, Cameroonian Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka released statement claiming [...] |
2008-07-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE758 |
AES TO "DOUBLE DOWN" WITH $1.3 BILLION IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with President Biya, Paul Hanrahan, CEO of American power company AES, dismissed allegations of AES' flagging commitment to Cameroon and promised that AES' new investment would top $1.3 billion by 2011. Explaining that AES had rebuffed overtures from sove [...] |
2008-07-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON ETRD CM |
| 08YAOUNDE762 |
CAMEROON: GOV'T OFFICIALS ON IMPENDING BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) is not well-positioned to understand or deal with on-going violence in Bakassi and likely will not be so until well after the planned August 14 handover, according to meetings the Ambassador had with GRC officials and others during the week of J [...] |
2008-07-30 06:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI MASS |
| 08YAOUNDE770 |
CAMEROON ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA [...] (SBU) On July 31, Joe Nzume, the Director of North American Affairs at the GRC Ministry of External Relations, provided the following information concerning the Cameroonian delegation to UNGA. Nzume emphasized he is still in the planning stages for UNGA. Typically, the GRC does not decide [...] |
2008-08-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 08YAOUNDE772 |
CAMEROONIAN MINISTER: "SHUFFLE COMING, BIYA WANTS [...] (C) Summary. President Biya had wanted to step down in 2011, but when he learned "young" officials were robbing the treasury to finance their 2011 succession campaign, he was forced to remove presidential term limits in order to squelch internal jockeying for succession, according to Victor [...] |
2008-08-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR TBIO CM |
| 08YAOUNDE784 |
CAMEROON: BIYA THANKFUL FOR USG ROLE, BUT WORRIED [...] (S) Summary. Although concerned by efforts within Nigeria to derail the Greentree Accords, President Biya is confident that Nigerian President Yar'adua is committed to an August 14 handover of the Bakassi Peninsula. In an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Biya was effusively appreciativ [...] |
2008-08-08 09:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS KCOR MOPS MARR NI UN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE800 |
CAMEROON: BIYA PROMISES PROGRESS ON CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) Summary. In a jovial August 7 conversation with the Ambassador, President Biya said he planned to set up three key government institutions--an elections agency, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court--before the end of the year. Applauding USG efforts to fight corruption in Cameroon, Bi [...] |
2008-08-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ECON EINV ETRD UN CM |
| 08YAOUNDE817 |
NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER - A WEDDING [...] (C) Summary: The handover of final control of the Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon took place in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, on August 14 as scheduled, amid tight but spotty security and obviously poor coordination between the two governments. It was clearly a difficul [...] |
2008-08-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA CM NI |
| 08YAOUNDE822 |
CAMEROON: G/TIP FY06 MONITORING REPORT [...] Below are Embassy Yaounde's responses keyed to reftel request. A. Poloff spoke with Yolande Fouda, resident staff member of the G/TIP sponsored American Bar Association (ABA), Rule of Law Initiative. Additional information is based on observation. B. An ABA staff member from Washington ha [...] |
2008-08-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM CM |
| 08YAOUNDE825 |
CAMEROON: BIYA ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT BAKASSI [...] (U) On August 21, Cameroonian President Paul Biya gave a televised speech to the nation that dealt exclusively with Nigeria's August 14 final handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon (reftel). Biya congratulated the people of Cameroon for their "moderation and patience" in pursuing a p [...] |
2008-08-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA MOPS MARR CM NI |
| 08YAOUNDE855 |
VISAS DONKEY: CELESTIN NDONGA CORRUPTION 212(F) [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for the Department. See paragraph 14. 2. (C) Summary. Celestin Ndonga is a public servant whose influence--exclusively negative--far exceeds his official positions and whose corrupt acts have damaged an American company and dealt setbacks to U [...] |
2008-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCVM EMIN CVIS CM |
| 08YAOUNDE856 |
CAMEROON: BIO OF DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] (U) Summary. Philemon Yang, already a senior official in Cameroon's Presidency, is pegged by many for more senior positions in the Government of Cameroon, including perhaps as a future Prime Minister. Anglophone and comfortable with the Western (especially English-speaking) world, Yang has im [...] |
2008-09-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE873 |
CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister for Parliamentary Affairs at the Presidency and Deputy Secretary General of the ruling CPDM party Gregoire Owona. Owona confirmed that the ruling CPDM party will hold a major Congress in the coming months, indicated that Preside [...] |
2008-09-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV |
| 08YAOUNDE877 |
CAMEROON ILL-PREPARED FOR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Public health threats in Cameroon include the possibility of meningitis, cholera, or polio outbreaks, and cases of these diseases are recorded every year. While not currently present in Cameroon, ebola and Avian Influenza (AI) are also considered threats. The Government of C [...] |
2008-09-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM KHIV PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU |
| 08YAOUNDE879 |
GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane, who had just returned from an official visit to Moscow, said the Government of Russia had not yet approached the Government of Cameroon (GRC) re [...] |
2008-09-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM GG PGOV PREL RU |
| 08YAOUNDE881 |
CAMEROON: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane appreciated the USG's solicitation of the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) priorities for UNGA and promised to share any information as it became a [...] |
2008-09-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM PHUM PREL UNGA UN |
| 08YAOUNDE885 |
Cameroon Requests Support for ICJ Candidate [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Cameroon has requested USG support for its candidate to the International Court of Justice, Professor Maurice Kamto. Kamto is an outstanding legal figure in Cameroon, whose experience in settling the Bakassi dispute and in unifying Anglophone and Francophone cr [...] |
2008-09-15 10:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE9 |
CAMEROON'S PRESIDENT BIYA SIGNALS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic December 31 New Year's Message, Cameroonian President Paul Biya stated he would "reconsider" term limits in the constitution. He saw 2007 as a transition year toward a higher growth path with improved living conditions. He discussed three priorities for 2008: rev [...] |
2008-01-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE909 |
IMF TEAM HEARS LITTLE FROM GRC BUT AN EARFUL FROM [...] (C) Summary: A joint IMF/World Bank/African Development Bank (ADB) team visited Cameroon from September 1-12 for the final assessment of its three-year program, which is scheduled to end in January 2009. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) did not indicate to the team whether it wants a follo [...] |
2008-09-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE913 |
AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE: ALL HANDS ENGAGED IN [...] (C) Summary: All elements of the U.S. Mission to Cameroon are engaged in aggressively fighting corruption and promoting good governance in Cameroon, a paramount USG objective inextricably linked to strengthening democratic institutions and furthering economic development. With no corruptio [...] |
2008-09-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE933 |
BIYA REGIME MAKES CAMEROON "EXPLOSIVE" SAY [...] (S) Summary: In a September 19 discussion with AMB and Emboffs, four leading Cameroonian intellectuals presented a unanimously bleak assessment of the prospects for peaceful transition in Cameroon, arguing that the Biya regime is so myopically focused on its own preservation that it would tak [...] |
2008-09-29 16:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM PINR PINS CM |
| 08YAOUNDE941 |
AMID RISING CONCERN, YAOUNDE GOV'T TO RAZE 13 MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts have expressed concern that the Yaounde City Council's (CUY) plan to demolish thirteen more neighborhoods as part of an urban renewal plan will render homeless thousands of residents, threatening to foster criminality and unrest. The demolitions initially gar [...] |
2008-10-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE949 |
CAMEROON JAILS SINGER FOR ROLE IN FEBRUARY RIOTS [...] (U) On September 24, the Mungo High Court in the Littoral Province sentenced prominent singer and political activist "Lapiro de Mbanga" to three years in prison, claiming Lapiro had instigated rioting in the Littoral Province town of Mbanga during the February unrest that engulfed 31 citie [...] |
2008-10-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM |
| 08YAOUNDE967 |
CAMEROON'S NORTHERN PROVINCES: EMBASSY TEAM [...] (U) Summary: During a September 21-27 trip to the Extreme North, North and Adamaoua Provinces, the Ambassador launched a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) for the region and did extensive public outreach. The northern provinces are poor and largely agricultural, suffering from the effects of a d [...] |
2008-10-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EINV KPAO |
| 08YAOUNDE987 |
NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND HIGH COMMISSIONER IN [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, speaking at the launch of the Nigeria-Cameroon Joint Commission in Yaounde, praised the peaceful resolution of the Bakassi dispute and heralded "a new day" in Cameroon-Nigeria relations. He outlined the "urgent" need for joint military p [...] |
2008-10-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM MARR MAS NI PGOV PREL |
| 08YAOUNDE999 |
CAMEROON: MONEY, MONEY EVERYWHERE, BUT HOW'S IT BEING [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite pressing development needs and years of programs to improve government spending and budget execution, the Government of Cameroon continues to fall short of targets for badly-needed public investment. Over the first six months of 2008, the GRC's total receipts ($2. [...] |
2008-10-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR CM |
| 09YAOUNDE1007 |
PRESIDENT BIYA'S DEMARCHE TO AMBASSADOR: FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, Cameroonian Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi summoned Ambassador to his office to read her a message which he said was from President Paul Biya. The statement, written in French, affirmed that diplomats should not interfere with Cameroon's internal affairs, e [...] |
2009-11-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PINR PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE1026 |
CAMEROON: GRC ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] (C) On December 2, Poloff delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming UN General Assembly(UNGA) vote on the "combating defamation of religions" resolution to Prosper Bomba, Director of UN and Multilateral Affairs at Cameroon,s Ministry of External Relations. Poloff thanked Cameroon for its recen [...] |
2009-12-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA CM |
| 09YAOUNDE1032 |
COMIFAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CAMEROONIAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) On December 1, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Cameroonian Minister of Finance Essimi Menye. She was accompanied by the German Ambassador and the Canadian High Commissioner. The Chiefs of Mission presented a letter, also signed by the French Ambassador who could not attend the [...] |
2009-12-07 06:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAID ECON SENV |
| 09YAOUNDE1041 |
CAMEROON'S NOMINEES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR THE [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Yaounde submits the following nominees in rank order of preference for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Alamine Ousmane Mey ------------------- Mr. Alamine Ousmane Mey is the General Manager of the Afriland First Bank, one of the largest banks in C [...] |
2009-12-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI KE |
| 09YAOUNDE1046 |
CAMEROONIAN PRESIDENT BIYA UNUSUALLY ACTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Cameroonian President Paul Biya has been uncharacteristically active in the past two months. He issued a letter to the Cameroonian people, attended two high profile public events, announced several other future engagements, encouraged his party to refocus on bread and butter i [...] |
2009-12-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON PGOV PINR PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE1057 |
CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, Ambassador met with Minister in Charge of Special Duties at the Presidency and Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party Rene Sadi for a tour d'horizon of regional and national developments. Sadi explained President Biya [...] |
2009-12-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PINR PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE1062 |
CAMEROON'S PRIME MINISTER ON ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Philemon Yang said the Cameroonian economy was improving, with renewed focus on the energy an agriculture sectors. He appreciated recent productive meetings with Boeing and Lufthansa Consulting to revive the national airl [...] |
2009-12-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV |
| 09YAOUNDE1068 |
Cameroon's Challenged Energy Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon continues to plan for large power production projects. In the hydropower sector, agreements have been signed for financing the Lom Pangar dam project and the Chinese have stepped in to build Memve'ele dam. American-led power company AES-Sonel signed a deal to provide [...] |
2009-12-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON ETRD KCOR CM EPET |
| 09YAOUNDE108 |
OVERVIEW OF CAMEROON'S OIL AND GAS SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Cameroon is the seventh largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, not including the oil transiting Cameroon in the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline owned and operated by an Exxon Mobil-led consortium. Although French company Total accounts for two-thirds of current explorati [...] |
2009-01-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON CM |
| 09YAOUNDE1095 |
CAMEROON'S 2010 BUDGET - BIG SPENDING, BIG DEBTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's 2010 budget was passed on December 1 under optimistic economic assumptions by a grumbling parliament. It is over 11 percent larger than last year's budget. Nearly $1 billion in revenue shortfalls are expected to be filled by a first-ever bond offering and withdrawa [...] |
2009-12-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CM |
| 09YAOUNDE111 |
CAMEROON: USG SENDS MESSAGE ON ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's decision not to attend the public swearing-in of the controversial leadership of Cameroon's elections agency (ELECAM) has caught the attention of the press, civil society, and the Government of Cameron (GRC). The Ambassador had briefed the Prime Minister and c [...] |
2009-02-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID CM |
| 09YAOUNDE122 |
CAMEROON'S MINES MINISTER THINKS GLOBALLY, WORRIES LOCALLY [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Minister of Mining is increasingly worried about the impact that global economic trends will have on Cameroon, especially in the mining and industrial sectors. At the Minister's request, Post's Economic and Commercial team met with Badel Ndanga Ndinga, Cameroon's Min [...] |
2009-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EIND EINV ETRD ECON CM |
| 09YAOUNDE123 |
TRANSPORT MINISTER ON CAMAIR, PORT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Competing interests within the highest levels of the Government of Cameroon (GRC) continue to fight for control of Cameroon's national airline, rebaptized CAMAIRCO, implied Gounoko Haounaye, Cameroon's Minister of Transport, in a January 29 meeting with Emboffs. Haounaye prai [...] |
2009-02-06 06:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT EINV ETRD ECON CM |
| 09YAOUNDE147 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN BANK READY FOR CRISIS, ROCKED BY [...] (C) Summary. The member governments of the Economic and Monetary Union of Central Africa (CEMAC) are well-prepared to weather the fallout from the global financial crisis, but the socio-economic impact of slower economic growth is harder to predict, according to Rigobert Roger Andeley, a Con [...] |
2009-02-13 06:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD KCOR ECIN PINR GB CM |
| 09YAOUNDE152 |
CAMEROON: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) acknowledges that Cameroon is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficked women and children. In 2005, the National Assembly passed Anti-Child Trafficking legislation. A number of sections of the penal code apply to tra [...] |
2009-02-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CM |
| 09YAOUNDE175 |
CAMEROON'S FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES DIPLOMATS [...] (U) On February 19, Cameroonian Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi summoned the diplomatic corps to the Foreign Ministry to present the government's views on the newly established Electoral Commission (Elections Cameroon - ELECAM). He detailed reasons why the international community should [...] |
2009-02-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE216 |
CAMEROON: IMF PLANS AND PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cameroonian government has not yet decided what kind of follow-on it wants to the just completed three-year IMF Poverty Reduction program. At the moment, the IMF is limited to a data-gathering and policy advisory role, although this will be discussed during a scheduled M [...] |
2009-03-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON EFIN PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE224 |
POPE'S UPCOMING VISIT TO CAMEROON DRAWS MIXED [...] (U) SUMMARY : Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cameroon March 17-20, for both a state visit and to conduct internal meetings with church officials from around Africa. This visit has met with mixed local press, including some criticism of the trip,s cost and church fundraising efforts. The Pope's [...] |
2009-03-05 16:09:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PREL VT PHUM KIRF |
| 09YAOUNDE225 |
CAMEROON: SDF CHAIRMAN THREATENS TO DISRUPT 2011 [...] (C) Summary: On March 3, Chairman of the leading opposition party, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), John Fru Ndi met with Ambassador as part of a broad outreach to resident Chiefs of Mission about the current political situation. He and several SDF colleagues bemoaned the lack of democra [...] |
2009-03-09 06:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE237 |
CAMEROON: JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES REFORM PRIORITIES IN [...] (SBU) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) acknowledges the persistence of significant human rights violations in Cameroon, but is committed to stepping up investigations and punishment of violators, according to Amadou Ali, the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. Ambassador, accompanie [...] |
2009-03-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CM |
| 09YAOUNDE24 |
CAMEROON: CPDM SECRETARY GENERAL ON CURRENT [...] (C) On January 8, Ambassador hosted a lunch for Rene Sadi, Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party and Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency. Sadi thought the newly created Electoral Commission (ELECAM) could function independently, contrary to [...] |
2009-01-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM CM |
| 09YAOUNDE245 |
VISAS DONKEY: DEPENDENTS OF REMY ZE MEKA: [...] (C) Summary and action request. Embassy Yaounde requests that the Department revoke the valid visas held by the wife and two dependent children of Remy Ze Meka, the Cameroonian Minister of Defense. On March 2, the Department found Ze Meka ineligible to receive a visa because his corrupt ac [...] |
2009-03-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR CVIS PREL CM |
| 09YAOUNDE246 |
CAMEROON'S FIU HEAD SAYS COORDINATION IMPROVING, [...] (C) Summary. Corruption remains pervasive at the highest levels of the Government of Cameroon, but there are signs of increasing cooperation among the Ministry of Justice, the police and Cameroon's financial intelligence unit, the National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF), accordi [...] |
2009-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KTFN PREL PGOV CM |
| 09YAOUNDE247 |
CAMEROON: CIVAIR DIRECTOR SAYS CAMAIRCO STALLED [...] (SBU) In a February 26 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Director General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) Sama Juma Ignatius said he was awaiting more information to finalize the investigation into the 2007 Kenya Airways crash. The government is breaking up a long held monopoly o [...] |
2009-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAIR ECON |
| 09YAOUNDE256 |
CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS NORTH WILL [...] (C) Summary. The struggle for Cameroon's future, including President Paul Biya's succession, should be viewed through ethnic and regional lenses, according to Amadou Ali, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. In a recent, wide-ranging and frank discussion with the Ambassador, Ali sa [...] |
2009-03-12 16:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR CM |
| 09YAOUNDE257 |
CAMEROON MP, ERSTWHILE US PARTNER, DEMOTED FOR [...] (C) Summary. President Paul Biya, enraged to learn that three senior members of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) were implicated in an alien smuggling operation, moved swiftly to remove them from their positions as Vice Presidents of the National Assembly, according t [...] |
2009-03-12 16:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV CM |
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CAMEROON: NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN [...] (S) On March 11, 2009, post received a diplomatic note from the GRC in response to diplomatic notes sent regarding the A.Q. Khan sanctions and the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (reftels 2508 and 322). In the GRC,s response, it conveyed appreciation for the USG,s stance [...] |
2009-03-17 10:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN CM |
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(S) ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL BIYA "PLAUSIBLE, BUT [...] (S) Summary. According to Francis Dooh Collins, a French national of Cameroonian origin who has proven to be politically well-connected but of dubious credibility, Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka and a group of disgruntled senior military officials intend to assassinate President Paul Biya [...] |
2009-03-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PINS ASEC CM |
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CAMEROON'S ELECAM: VIEWS FROM THE EU, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, Ambassador hosted a meeting of the "8 6", an informal group of resident Chiefs of Mission which meets periodically. The group discussed the implications and possible responses to President Biya's recent creation of a new Electoral Commission (ELECAM) packed with [...] |
2009-01-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM PGOV PHUM PREL |
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CAMEROON GIVES POPE ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME, AMID [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Pope's March 17-20 day visit to Cameroon went smoothly, drawing large, enthusiastic crowds. The Pope drew criticism for his pre-arrival comments to the international press about condom usage. Government efforts to clean up the city (including the destruction of many illegal [...] |
2009-03-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO CM VT PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM |
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CAMEROON INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent trip to the South West and Littoral Regions (Cameroon's economic heartland), Pol/Econ Chief found increasing nervousness about the potential impact of the global economic crisis on Cameroon's economy. The oil, timber, cotton, coffee and rubber sectors (which toge [...] |
2009-03-27 13:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN EPET ETRD |
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CAMEROON'S SOUTH WEST GOVERNOR TALKS BAKASSI, SCNC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 10 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Governor of the South West Region Louis Eyeya Zanga said his region was blessed with fertile land and good forest resources but had too few roads. The priority in Bakassi (which is in his region) is security and roads, he said. The [...] |
2009-04-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL |
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CAMEROON: RUNNING OUT OF ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Cameroon (GRC) anticipates it will run out of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs by September 2009, leaving an estimated 60,000 patients without medication. The GRC has sought international funding to meet this shortage and has apparently not considered using its own [...] |
2009-04-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV KOCI SOCI PGOV CM |
| 09YAOUNDE36 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN CAMEROON ARGUES FOR [...] (SBU) European Commission Ambassadors based in Cameroon decided in a January 13 meeting to seek a freeze of support to the recently created, seriously flawed Electoral Commission ELECAM (reftels). According to Claude Bochu, Political Advisor to the European Commission in Cameroon, the Europ [...] |
2009-01-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EC PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE366 |
WOMEN'S MONTH IN CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS GAPS [...] (U) Summary. Amidst much celebration and fanfare, Cameroon celebrated International Women's Month and Day March 8, perhaps raising general awareness of some problems faced by Cameroonian women, but revealing troubling shortcomings in the vision and activities of the Ministry of Women's Empow [...] |
2009-04-21 15:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN PGOV CM |
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CAMEROON: FORMER AMB TO THE US ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Jerome Mendouga, Cameroon's Ambassador to the U.S. from 1994 to 2008, was arrested on April 15, accused of mishandling 720,000,00 CFA (about $1.5 million) that was intended for the purchase of a Boeing aircraft for Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Mendouga is the most recent [...] |
2009-04-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PREL CVIS CM |
| 09YAOUNDE369 |
FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes annually the proposed budget as passed by the National Assembly and approved by the Presidency. The published budget allows the public to review some information regarding projected revenues and expenditures, but the GRC's actual in [...] |
2009-04-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL KCOR |
| 09YAOUNDE37 |
2008 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CM KSAC |
| 09YAOUNDE370 |
(C) CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS BIYA TO TALK 212F, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador called on Cameroonian President Paul Biya on April 3 to signal the USG's continued commitment to applying aggressively U.S. laws against corruption, including a travel ban against a sitting member of Biya's cabinet. Although the Ambassador avoided specifics, Biya im [...] |
2009-04-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL CVIS PINR CM |
| 09YAOUNDE376 |
CATHOLIC CHURCH FIGHTS TIP IN CAMEROON'S NORTH WEST [...] (U) Summary: An April 14 conference in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's North West Region, highlighted the Catholic Church's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP), with apparent success. The regional branch of the Justice and Peace Committee (JPC) of the Episcopal Conference of Came [...] |
2009-04-23 08:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM ELAB CM |
| 09YAOUNDE38 |
Human Rights Outreach in Cameroon [...] Summary: Recent post human rights engagement has included a human rights discussion with the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, two workshops on trafficking in persons, and a well-attended human rights roundtable to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human [...] |
2009-01-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CM |
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CAMEROON: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (U) On April 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Prosper Boumba, Director of the Office of the United Nations in the Ministry of External Relations. Boumba expressed his satisfaction at the USG decision and stated that the Foreign Ministry has already instructed its mission to vote in fav [...] |
2009-04-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CM |
| 09YAOUNDE39 |
Human Rights Outreach in Cameroon [...] Summary: Recent post human rights engagement has included a human rights discussion with the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, two workshops on trafficking in persons, and a well-attended human rights roundtable to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human [...] |
2009-01-15 08:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CM |
| 09YAOUNDE393 |
NOTHING SACRED: POPE'S BUDGET PILFERED BY [...] (SBU) Cameroonian legal authorities are investigating allegations that Communication Minister Jean-Pierre Biyiti Bi Essam embezzled 130,000,000 CFA (about $250,000) of the 700,000,000 CFA (about $1.4 million) his ministry received for Pope Benedict XVI's March 17-20 visit to Yaounde (reftel) [...] |
2009-04-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL ECON PGOV CM |
| 09YAOUNDE396 |
ENGAGEMENT IN CAMEROON: PULLING TEETH, CHASING TAILS [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's governance problems--and the challenges they create for USG assistance--are illustrated in the painstaking process required to send Cameroonian officials on an all-expenses training program in the US. Cameroonian President Biya told the Ambassador he wanted the train [...] |
2009-05-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV EAID KCRM KJUS CM |
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CAMEROON PLANS TO OPEN TELCOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's National Assembly will vote later this year on a law to reform Cameroon's telecom sector, making it more open to competition, according to Edouard Ebah Abada, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MINPOSTEL). In a recent meeting with [...] |
2009-05-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ECPS KCOR CM |
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CAMAIRCO BACK TO SQUARE ONE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with then Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency and Chairman of the Board of CAMAIRCO Philemon Yang provided an update of the government's plans to start up a new national airline after the liquidation in 2006 of CAMAIR. Yang noted t [...] |
2009-05-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON PGOV KCOR |
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CAMEROON'S PM REVEALING ON GRC'S GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. In a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni professed ignorance of President Biya's agenda for the coming months and dismissed Biya's claim--made to the Ambassador last month (ref b)--that the Senate would be set up before the end of the ye [...] |
2009-05-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
| 09YAOUNDE433 |
EITI'S PYRRHIC VALIDATION: CAMEROON WINS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Predicting that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Secretariat will validate the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) participation in the EITI process in early 2010, Cameroonian civil society leaders warn that the GRC's gain--an unmerited publicity windfall-- [...] |
2009-05-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PREL PGOV EPET CM |
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ITALIAN LOGGER BUSTED FOR CHIMP POSSESSION [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonian law enforcement officials arrested Italian national and logging executive Mirko Ramoni on May 14 for possession of controlled wildlife and wildlife products, including three live chimps and the skin of a freshwater crocodile. The Last Great Ape (LAGA), a wildlife la [...] |
2009-05-22 06:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
| 09YAOUNDE453 |
CAMEROON: KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] In a May 13 meeting with Director of Americas at the Ministry of External Affairs Joe Nzume, Pol/Econ Chief and DCM delivered reftel demarche seeking Cameroon's support for Kosovo's World Bank application, thanking him for Cameroon's support on Kosovo's IMF application. Nzume was noncommittal [...] |
2009-05-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09YAOUNDE477 |
ECONOMICS AND ETHNICITY IN CAMEROON'S WEST REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a recent trip to the West Region, Ambassador spoke with Governor Pascal Mani, who said the region has not been badly hit by the global economic crisis. Nonetheless, he expressed concerns about a slowdown in the timber sector and the impact of the decline in coffee production [...] |
2009-05-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM PREL EAGR ECON KOCI PGO |