Embassy of the United States

AFRICOM Funds Humanitarian Assistance Projects in North and Far North regions
September 14, 2009 On September 14, members of the Defense Attaché Office of the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon traveled to Maroua and Garoua in the Far North and North regions of Cameroon for the inauguration and monitoring of eight Humanitarian Assistance projects.

L’indépendance du pouvoir judiciaire et l’accès à la justice au Cameroun
Juillet 2009 Du 26 juillet au 1er août 2009, l'Ambassade des États-Unis a accueilli au Cameroun M. Stephen Rosenbaum, enseignant à l'Université de Californie à Berkeley et membre du Barreau de Californie, pour une série de programmes sur le système judiciaire, l’Etat de droit...

Library/Information Management as a Tool for Transparency and Good Governance
October 4 – 10, 2009 The U.S. Embassy in Yaounde hosted Allene Farmer Hayes, Digital Projects Coordinator at the U.S. Library of Congress, from October 4 – 10, 2009.

Cameroonians Visit AFRICOM
September 2009 Embassy Yaounde led a delegation of four Cameroonian journalists and one academic on a tour of the headquarters of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Stuttgart, Germany September 14-17. The journalists represented a broad spectrum of the Cameroonian media landscape.

U.S Ambassador Launches Tree Planting Operation near Lake Chad
August 27, 2009  The U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Garvey signed an agreement on August 27 in Kousseri that will provide $98,000 (450,800,000 Fcfa) for reforestation efforts to protect Lake Chad and prevent further desertification in the region.

Ambassador Garvey Inaugurates Cassava Processing Center
July 6, 2009 United States Ambassador to Cameroon Janet Garvey visited Kribi July 6 to open a cassava processing center funded through the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) program and implemented by the local organization l’Union des Gics Des Agriculteurs de l’Ocean.

Embassy Yaounde Observe July 4th With A Lincoln Twist
July 2nd, 2009 The life, works, and impact of Abraham Lincoln were among the key themes addressed as the Embassy of the United States of America in Yaoundé, Cameroon celebrated the 233rd anniversary of the signing and ratification of the Declaration of Independence with a ceremony

Cameroonian Students Learn Success Strategies
June 23, 2009 On June 23, 2009, PAS Yaounde hosted an entrepreneurship seminar based on Kevin Liles Nouveaux Horizons book entitled “Saisis ta Chance: de Stagiaire à PDG” (Make it Happen: the Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success).

Mills to Support Victims of Child Labor
June 2, 2009  U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon Janet Garvey inaugurated grain mills June 2 that will help victims of child labor in four villages in Ndikinimeki, Center region. The children were rescued from cocoa plantations in 2005, where they had been exploited as laborers.

USS Nashville Visits Cameroon
April 13, 2009  The USS Nashville departed Limbe April 13 after a nearly two-week stay in Cameroon. The ship visit was part of the United States’ Africa Partnership Station (APS) program and focused on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.

Ambassador Visits West Region
march 23-25, 2009 Ambassador Garvey and an Embassy team visited two universities, attended a memorial ceremony, and tasted the fruits – quite literally – of a Food for Progress program while touring the West Region of Cameroon from March 23-25.

U.S. Government equips Campo Ma’an National Park
April 6, 2009 The U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon presented to the Ministry of Forests and Fauna 8 all terrain motor cycles and numerous VHF radio sets to increase Cameroon’s conservation efforts in the Campo Ma’an Park. The event took place in Campo on April 6, 2009.

Ambassador Garvey Attends Ceremony for Slain Diplomat
March 24, 2009  Ambassador Janet Garvey traveled to the West region of Cameroon March 24 to celebrate the life and work of John Granville with the people of Bamendjou. John was a Peace Corps volunteer in Bamendjou from 1997-1999 and returned in 2003 as a Fulbright scholar.

Ambassador Janet Garvey Visits The South Region
February 25 and 26, 2009  On February 25 and 26, 2009, Ambassador Janet Garvey visited Ebolowa in the South Region of Cameroon. . The Ambassador’s team included Public Affairs Officer Richard Johannsen, Peace Corps Country Director for Cameroon, James Ham, and Jean Pierre Ghonda, IRC Director

Ambassador Garvey Dedicates a Primate Enclosure
February 25, 2009 On February 25 2009, the U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Garvey traveled to Mfou in the Centre Region for the dedication of a primate enclosure in the Mefou National Park, a $ 45,000 USD project generously financed by the U.S Department of Defense.

The Presidential Inauguration
January 20, 2009 The U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, celebrated democracy and the peaceful transition of power January 20 with a reception honoring the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.