Embassy News
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DCM Lisa Peterson Op-Ed and Podcast on Female Genital Mutilation
"On this day, the U.S. government stands in solidarity withpeople around the world and here in Cameroon who are observing the ninth annual International Zero Tolerance Day to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Female Genital Mutilation refers to a procedure involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia..."
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“Ignorance is the #1 Killer”: Interview with Waris Dirie
Waris Dirie, a child of Somali nomads and supermodel talked about her efforts to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation.
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Cameroon and three other African countries receive $13.5 million
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) launch a new African Cocoa Initiative (ACI), a Global Development Alliance partnership to invest in sustainable cocoa programs in the region. The official event will be held in March at Accra, Ghana. The five-year $13.5 million cooperative agreement aims at strengthening the cocoa sector in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria.
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First American Citizen Town Hall Meeting Held in Yaoundé, Cameroon
On January 18, 2012, the first of a series of town hall meetings was held at the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), a U.S.-based organization in Yaounde. The Office of American Citizen Services at the U.S. Embassy invited all American citizens and Cameroonian parents of American citizen children to an open session hosted by SIL in Yaoundé. The purpose of the meeting was to begin an outreach program with the American Citizen Services, and allow American citizens living in Cameroon an opportunity to not only meet Embassy personnel and have their concerns addressed...
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Speeches
Ambassador Jackson
Read Ambassador's Statements
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Report
International Religious Freedom
Cameroon 2010 Report (PDF-20 KB)
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Business
Doing Business in Cameroon
US-Cameroon Trade Portal
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Education
Exchange Scholarships
Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI)
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Report
U.S. Policy
Cameroon Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
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Report
Human Rights Practices
2010 Report on Cameroon (PDF - 149KB)
Spotlight USA
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Making Their Mark: Black Women Leaders
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State of the Union Address 2012
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Key Dates in U.S. Voting Rights
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Central Nigeria Unmasked Arts of the Benue River Valley
U.S. Citizen Travel
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Warden Messages
Read the lastest message issued to all travelers to Cameroon
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STEP
For U.S. citizens traveling to or living in a foreign country
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Fraud Alert
Avoiding Cameroonian Scams



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