danger danger and more danger

Camaroon is about as bad as it gets when it comes to political stablility.
Why do you think no one holidays there.

SAFETY AND SECURITY: Embassy employees have been instructed to refrain from travel outside of city limits after dusk, and to monitor their movements in centrally located areas within cities and towns. Private American citizens are urged to follow the same guidelines and are strongly advised against nighttime travel. Armed highway bandits (most notably in border areas), poorly lit roads, hazardous, poorly maintained vehicles, and unskilled, aggressive and/or intoxicated drivers pose a threat to motorists. Attacks and accidents are most common outside major towns, especially in the provinces bordering Chad and the Central African Republic but occur in all areas of the country.

Cameroon assumed administrative control of most of the Bakassi Peninsula in August 2006, with Nigerian military forces withdrawing across the border. To date the transition has gone smoothly. Nevertheless, travelers should exercise extreme caution as there is the potential for violence if tensions rise.


All foreigners are potential targets for theft with possible attendant violence. Petty crimes, crimes against persons, thefts from vehicles, and of vehicles are the most common criminal activities. Armed banditry is a growing problem throughout all ten provinces in Cameroon. Specifically, incidents of armed highway robbery have been reported in the North West, West, South West and East provinces. Armed bandits have erected road barricades on major routes that link rural towns to provincial headquarters, and have taken as many as 100 cars in a single attack. To curb banditry, security personnel may request persons to show their passport, residence card, driver's license, and/or vehicle registration at random checkpoints. Certified copies of these important documents should be kept in a secure location separate from the originals. Security personnel have been known to ask for bribes and may hurt citizens who refuse to pay.

Due to the frequency of criminal incidents involving public transportation, American citizens are advised that use of public taxis can be dangerous. Public taxis in Cameroon function more like the U.S. bus system with drivers stopping to pick up additional passengers as long as there is space left in the vehicle. There have been numerous reports of assaults and robberies committed by "passengers" in shared taxis since crimes – rape and robbery being among the most common – are often a collaborative effort between the driver and "passengers". If a traveler must use a taxi, the use of a private taxi – or a taxi hired for exclusive use by the individual for that particular trip – where the driver is known to the passenger is a better alternative to the use of shared taxis. Taxi passengers should be particularly vigilant at night.

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