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Title Cameroon: Information on the treatment of the Bamilike ethnic group, on whether that group is at risk, and on their social and political situation
Publisher Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country Cameroon
Publication Date 1 October 1996
Citation / Document Symbol CMR25266.E
Cite as Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Cameroon: Information on the treatment of the Bamilike ethnic group, on whether that group is at risk, and on their social and political situation, 1 October 1996, CMR25266.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6abea43.html [accessed 31 May 2012]
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Cameroon: Information on the treatment of the Bamilike ethnic group, on whether that group is at risk, and on their social and political situation

 

Current information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

For related information, however, please refer to the attachments, which deal with the past situation of the Bamileke ethnic group. For further information, see Country Reports 1992, which is available at all Regional Documentation Centres.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachments

Inter Press Service. 11 July 1995. Etienne Tasse. "Cameroon-Politics: It Takes Just a Spark to Ignite Ethnic Fires." (NEXIS)

_____. 14 October 1992. "Cameroon: Government Vows to Maintain Peace and Security." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 13 August 1991. BC Cycle. "Powerful Cameroonian Tribe Denounces Violence." (NEXIS)

Additional Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential [London]. 1996.

Africa Research Bulletin [London]. 1996.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1995-1996.

DIRB Indexed Media Review (IMR) [Ottawa]. 1996.

Keseing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1996.

West Africa [London]. 1996.

On-line searches of media articles.

Topics: Political groups, Political situation, Ethnic persecution, Ethnic discrimination,

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