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Also known as: Kameroon, Kamerun, République du Cameroun, Republic of Cameroon
Written by
Mark W. DeLancey
Professor of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Author of Cameroon.
Mark W. DeLancey,
George Benneh
Professor of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon.
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Cameroon: More of the same with another Paul Biya term? • Jan. 17, 2025, 3:57 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Cameroon: To Biya or to Biya? That is the question • Jan. 16, 2025, 2:48 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Is Cameroon ready for another Biya term? • Jan. 16, 2025, 3:48 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Cameroon says host villages attacked people displaced by Boko Haram • Jan. 15, 2025, 12:48 AM ET (Voice of America English News)
Alice Nkom: Umunyamategeko yishize mu kaga mu kurwanira uburenganzira bw'aba-LGBT muri Cameroon • Jan. 14, 2025, 12:48 AM ET (BBC)

Dailies in circulation in Cameroon include Le Quotidien, which is issued in French, and the Cameroon Tribune, which is published in both French and English. Popular periodicals include La Gazette and Le Messager, each issued in French, and the Cameroon Outlook and Cameroon Times, both of which are published in English. Radio programming is available in French, English, and a variety of other languages, depending on the station; satellite broadcasts are also available. Domination of television broadcasting by the state was broken by the country’s first private television station in 2001. The government exercises substantial control over the media.

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