Capital : Yaounde

Land Area : 475, 440 sq km

Head of Government : Prime Minister Philémon Yunji Yang (since 2009)

Population : 18,879,301 (2009 estimate)

Major Languages : French, English, 24 main African Language groups

Major Religion(s) : Indigenous Beliefs, Christianity, Islam

Date of Joining : 1995

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CHRI Submission to CMAG :
February 1998

Articles in CHRI Newsletter:

• Government acquits military police captain of arbitrary torture charges, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 2005.

E-Magazine:

• Students and police involved in a shoot out, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 3, June 2005.

Articles from RTI updates:

• TI welcomes Cameroonian commitment made at London EITI Conference but also calls on companies operating in the country to publish oil payments, Transparency International Statement on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative London Conference, Press Release, 18 March 2005.