The Cameroon Armed Forces are the military of the Republic of Cameroon. The armed forces number 40,000 personnel in ground, air, and naval forces. There are approximately 40,000 troops in the army across three military regions. Approximately 1,300 troops are part of the Cameroonian Navy, which is headquartered at Douala. Under 600 troops are part of the Air Force. There is an additional 12,500 paramilitary troops that serve as a gendarmerie or reconnaissance role.
Oerlikon GDF of the Cameroon Armed Forces in 2016.
Cameroonian sailors reviewed by an American admiral in Douala, 2015.
Cameroon Navy patrol boat during a military parade in Douala, 2019
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages, in addition to the national tongues of English and French, or both.
Bamum script is a writing system developed by King Njoya in the late 19th century.
Leaders of the pro-independence UPC
A statue of a chief in Bana, West Region
President Paul Biya with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2014