Last verified: Friday, 21. February 2020 at 07:21 AM
Last verified: Friday, 21. February 2020 at 07:21 AM
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Travelling Cameroon is (relatively) safe Travelling Cameroon is (relatively) safe. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
Cameroon shares a land border with 6 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Cameroon), the Advisory Index is 3 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Central African Republic (5), Chad (3.7), Nigeria (3.2), Republic of the Congo (2.3), Gabon with 2.3 and Equatorial Guinea with 2.3 (of 5).
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Cameroon.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Cameroon from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 2.5 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Cameroon due to crime. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do Not Travel to: North, Far North, Northwest and Southwest Regions, and Parts of East and Adamawa Regions due to crime and kidnapping. Far North Region due to terrorism. Northwest and Southwest Regions due to armed conflict. Violent crime, ...
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution elsewhere in Cameroon due to violent crime, carjackings and piracy (in coastal areas).
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Cameroon.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: Avoid non-essential travel in the North and Adamaoua regions due to the threat from terrorism and kidnapping and we advise against all tourist and other non-essential travel.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Cameroon.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: Do not travel to the Northwest and Southwest regions due to ongoing conflict and the volatile security situation. Do not travel to the Far North region due to the threat from terrorism, kidnapping and armed banditry. Do not travel to the Bakassi Peninsula region and within 40 kilometres of the borders with the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria’s Adamawa state. Armed bandits are known to operate in these areas and there is the potential for crossborder attacks and kidnappings.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Kamerun: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise: Teilreisewarnung. The German government advises againt travelling this country.
Source: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/kamerunsicherheit/208874
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Austrian Government advises again travelling Kamerun.
Source: https://www.bmeia.gv.at//reise-aufenthalt/reiseinformation/land/kamerun/
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
High degree of caution
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/cameroon/
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Cameroon. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Cameroon changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government issued a new warning for Cameroon with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Cameroon with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Cameroon with a rating of 2.0.
The Austrian government issued a new warning for Cameroon with a rating of 3.0.
The German government issued a new warning for Cameroon with a rating of 3.0.
The United States government issued a new warning for Cameroon with a rating of 2.0.
Cameroon with its capital Yaoundé is a country in Africa (Middle Africa), slightly larger than California (475,440 km²). The country is located Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. The climate can be described as varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north. The landscape is diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north. With a population of about 18.47 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Yaoundé |
| Population | about 18.47 million |
| Size | 475.440 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly larger than California |
| Common languages | English, French |
| Currency | Franc (short: XAF) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +237 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .cm |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | CM |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | CMR |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 120 |
These are problems Cameroon is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Cameroon. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Cameroon.
Export products
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Cameroon is currently rated at 2,5 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. Travelling Cameroon is (relatively) safe.
You are good to go, enjoy your trip to Cameroon.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Cameroon.
Cameroon has a size of 475,440 km² or 183,568 mi² which is slightly larger than California.
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2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
Central African Republic (5.0)
Chad (3.7)
Nigeria (3.2)
Republic of the Congo (2.3)
Gabon (2.3)
Equatorial Guinea (2.3)
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