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Cameroon: the tourist sleeping giant Africa in miniature, microcosm of Africa, tourist Eldorado, island of peace, all Africa in one place, the list of names vaunting Cameroon’s tourist potential is endless. And these are not unfounded if you consider the geography, history and culture of the nation. The highest summit in west and central Africa, the rainiest place in Africa, Mount Cameroon featuring an annual international mountain race; a climate and vegetation that represents every variety in Africa from the dense equatorial rainforest in the South to the desert surrounding Lake Chad in the northern tip of the country, passing through the montane forests of Mount Cameroon, the Kupe-Manenguba and Western Highlands; the moonscape of the Kapsiki and Rumsiki; the white and grey sandy and rocky beaches from Kribi to Rio del Rey; lively people from all the main human groups in Africa including Pigmy, Sudanese and Bantu, with their varying cultural heritage. Historical background Yet...

After 21 years in the cold, Guinness Cameroun SA has returned to bear the flag of the Mt Cameroun Race which it christened “The Race of Hope”. This was announced during the signing of a convention linking the international brewery giant (owned by Diageo PLC, a South African Company) and the Cameroun athletics federation, on August 26, 2013 at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel. Present to witness the signing ceremony were the minister of sports and physical education, Adoum Garoua, the president of the national Olympic and sports committee, Kalkaba Malboum, football icon, Roger Milla, and emblematic mountaineer, Sarah Lyonga Etonge. The sports minister hailed the accord as a decisive turn in the public/private partnership in sports which he sees as the way forward for Cameroon to come out of the crises of sponsorship in the national sports movement. He called for other disciplines to follow suit and contract sponsorship deals with private sector operators and called for the socio-cultural asp...

Gov’t releases full list of approved and illegal churches in Cameroon Many people think the government is out to fight religion but when you read this list of approved churches, you will understand that the recent closure of some illegal churches is made to ensure respect of the law and nothing else, especially since the churches will be allowed to operate once they submit their legal authorisations. A. List of approved churches and their headquarters Serial No. Name Headquarters 1 Société Baptiste Missionnaire Européenne (Swiss) Zurich 2 Assemblée Chrétienne Témoins du Christ Douala 3 Mission Catholique Romaine Yaounde 4 Presbyterian Church in Cameroun (P.C.C.) Buea 5 Eglise Presbytérienne Camerounaise (E.P.C.) Yaounde 6 Eglise Protestante Africaine du Cameroun (E.P.A.) Lolodorf ...