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PARIS - Police investigating a bomb attack at the Indonesian Embassy have arrested a man at an Internet cafe from where an e-mail was sent claiming responsibility, judicial officials said Monday. The man, who said he is from Cameroon, was detained Sunday and was still being held Monday, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Investigators were checking his identity and background. The e-mail, sent to police in Paris and to some French media, claimed responsibility for the blast Friday that slightly injured a handful of people. Officials said the man appeared to be mentally troubled. He claimed that...

AUSTRALIA  (ANS) -- Cameroon, which shares its entire porous western border with Nigeria, sits atop the same volatile ethnic/religious fault-line as Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Sudan. Fulani nomads, who arrived in Cameroon in the 16th Century, conquered the northern savannahs in the early 19th Century under the leadership of Mobido Adama. The indigenous forest peoples of Cameroon migrated south after the Fulani invasion. Cameroon is Africa's most complex nation. Operation World reports it has more than 280 languages spoken and around 500 ethnic groups. Cameroon, which has a history of appalling corruption, is a secular state with full religious freedom....

The alleged mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe are believed to have been on their way to a covert military training camp in Cameroon. The men were remnants of South Africa's defunct mercenary company Executive Outcomes. They were planning to join another former Executives Outcomes operative in Equatorial Guinea in an elaborate plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, which was supposed to have taken place next week. The coup plot has been denied by the British-based company Logo Logistics, which employs the suspected mercenaries. The company claims they were going to provide security for mining operations in the Democratic...

How the French Plunder Africa France's unchallenged political, economic, and military domination of its former sub-Saharan African colonies is rooted in a currency, the CFA franc. Created in 1948 to help France control the destiny of its colonies, fourteen countries--Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Bissau Guinea, and Chad--maintained the franc zone even after they gained independence decades ago. In exchange for France guaranteeing the CFA franc's convertibility, these countries agreed to deposit 65% of their foreign exchange reserves in a special account within the French Treasury and granted to...

All her life, Heather Uber loved adventure and the outdoors, so when her older daughter joined the Peace Corps and moved to the West African nation of Cameroon in September 2002, Uber eagerly made plans to travel there. But that visit ended tragically Thursday morning when Uber, a 55-year old mother of four, was killed by a rampaging elephant while visiting a wildlife park with her husband and daughter. Uber, of Point Breeze, suffered internal injuries when she was knocked down by the elephant, which suddenly charged at the group from a distance of about 40 feet, said Ned Uber....

One of Africa's most ambitious - but typically controversial - oil projects will come to fruition this month, when Chad begins pumping oil for export via Cameroon. The total cost of extracting the oil from Chad and piping it to Cameroon is estimated at $3.7bn (£2.2bn), one of the biggest investments ever made in the region. When production gets up to full speed next year, this one project alone is expected to account for 45-50% of Chad's national budget. The project is in the final stages of testing, Esso Chad's spokesman Miles Shaw told BBC News Online, with the first...

I've been going over google trying to find information about the status of the oil pipeline to be built in cameroon and chad (never thought I'd use that word again), but I keep getting only stuff from left wing communist and socialist groups and there propaganda, I don't know how accurate they are in this, but I would hate to use them as sources for my MBA project. Any help from fellow freepers is appreciated.

When Guinea, Cameroon and Angola Call the ShotsBy Chris WeinkopfFrontPageMagazine.com | March 12, 2003 OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD CUP, Americans don’t much hear about countries like Guinea, Cameroon, and Angola—and for good reason. Other than their ability to field competitive soccer teams, they are known for little more than human-rights abuses and political corruption. Between them, the three have an average life expectancy of 46 years and a literacy rate of 47 percent. On Freedom House’s most recent annual ratings of political rights and civil liberties, all three received the "not free" designation. Yet upon these three nations—and, of course,...

LUANDA (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin arrived in Angola on a lightning tour of the three African nations on the UN Security Council to win support for France's position on Iraq. De Villepin is to meet President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos before heading off to Cameroon and Guinea later Monday as France rallies support to block a UN resolution that would authorise the use of force against Baghdad. He is expected to tell leaders of the three nations that there is little point in backing the US-British-Spanish resolution as France will be sure to use its...

AFTER a frenzied five-day tour of Guinea, Angola and Cameroon, it was not clear whether the Minister of State for Africa, Baroness Amos, had won any commitments from the countries that hold the key to winning UN backing for a war on Iraq. "I am very satisfied," is all the baroness would say in the wake of a final meeting with Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, in Yaounde. "I’ve gone through with each of the presidents our position on Iraq, and in particular on the second resolution." Her hectic schedule was a sign of the desperate scramble to win the loyalties...

The United Nations' world court has ruled in favor of Cameroon - awarding it sovereignty over the long disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula. In its ruling Thursday, the International Court of Justice agreed with Cameroon's argument that the area was part of its territory under an early 20th century treaty between German and British colonial powers in West Africa. The decision is a defeat for Nigeria which for years has fought Cameroon for control of the region. At stake are major oil reserves believed to lie in the border area, as well as rich fish stocks. Both nations have troops stationed...

UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS |PH: (403) 220-3500 | FAX: (403) 282-8413 Greg Harris, Media Relations (403) 220-3506 (403) 540-7306 (cell)August 15, 2002Centuries-old African structures have never been excavated U of C-led team hopes to unlock mysteries of Cameroon’s granite strongholdsA University of Calgary archaeologist is leading the first expedition to excavate the so-called Strongholds of Cameroon, which are some of the most remarkable stone-built structures anywhere in Africa.Located in the Mandara Mountains of northern Cameroon, the strongholds range in size from small standalone structures, to complex, castle-sized fortresses with  platforms, terraces and covered passageways. The curving walls on some of the...