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The National Day (French: Fête Nationale) of Cameroon, also known as Unitary State Day (fête nationale de l'État unitaire), is celebrated annually on 20 May. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In a national referendum on 20 May 1972, Cameroonians voted for a unitary state as opposed to the existing federal state .
New Year's Day: Nouvel An February 11 Youth Day: Journée de la jeunesse Commemorates the unification in 1961 and honors young people. [1] May 1 Labour Day: Fête du Travail May 20 National Day: Fête Nationale Cameroon replaced its federal structure on May 20, 1972. August 15 Assumption Day: Assomption December 25 Christmas Day: Noël
Ahidjo's political party, the Cameroon National Union (CNU), became the sole legal political party on 1 September 1966, and on 20 May 1972, a referendum was passed to abolish the federal system of government in favour of a United Republic of Cameroon, headed from Yaoundé. [32] This day is now the country's National Day, a public holiday. [33]
Gunmen in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day on Monday, the regional governor said, the second ambush in two ...
Cameroon: National Day: 20 May: 1960 United Kingdom France: Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the National Day on 20 May commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum. [27] Canada: Canada Day: 1 July: 1867 United Kingdom
In 1961, upon the accession of the former British Southern Cameroons to the Republic of Cameroon, an English version was written by Bernard Nsokika Fonlon, which was later officially adopted in 1978. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] In 1970, the French lyrics were changed to remove some words such as barbarie ("barbarianism") and sauvagerie ("savagery"), reference ...
The flag of Cameroon on a flagpole. The national flag of Cameroon (drapeau national du Cameroun) was adopted in its present form on 20 May 1975 after Cameroon became a unitary state. It is a vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow pales, with a yellow five-pointed star in its center. There is a wide variation in the size of the central star ...
On 12 April 2008, opposition SDF leader John Fru Ndi called for a national day of mourning for 21 April 2008 to commemorate those who died during the protests and the "death of democracy" in Cameroon due to the April 2008 amendments to the constitution to allow the president to run for more than two terms. [21]