Cameroon
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Cameroon
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Timeline
1884 Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
1916 German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
1960 The Republic of Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1961 East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1984 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
1986 Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
2007 Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
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