Location & History: Situated between West and Central Africa, Cameroon, originally part of the German colony in West Africa, became a republic in 1960. In 1961, British Cameroon was federated with Cameroon, forming the Federal Republic of Cameroon. In 1984, the country was renamed the Republic of Cameroon.

Cameroon has a central government and two provincial governments - East Cameroon and West Cameroon.

Agriculture & Industry: Cameroon is mainly an agricultural country raising cocoa, palm oil, coffee, rubber, groundnuts, bananas and cotton. East Cameroon is industrially developed. Major Industries are aluminium, chemicals, palm, consumer goods, crude oil and cement.