Union des populations du Cameroun
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Name (Latin)
Union des populations du Cameroun
Other forms of name
U.P.C. (Union des populations du Cameroun)
UPC (Union des populations du Cameroun)
Union des peuples camerounais
Union of the Populations of Cameroon
Union of the Populations of the Cameroons
Start period
1948-04-10
Associated country
Cameroon
Field of activity
Cameroon--Politics and government
Cameroon--Autonomy and independence movements
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Wonyu, E. De l'U.P.C. à l'U.C., c1985:t.p. (U.P.C.) p. 21 (Union des populations du Cameroun, f. 4-1948)
- LC data base, 11-15-85(hdg.: Union des populations du Cameroun)
- The U.P.C. denounces the planned systematic tortures in the Kamerun, 1958:prelim. p. (Union of the Populations of the Cameroons)
- FOTW Flags of the World website, viewed July 31, 2013(Union of the Populations of Cameroon; Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC); political party, founded Apr. 10, 1948; original aim was the independence and reunification of the two (British and French) Cameroons; banned by the French authorities July 13, 1955, leaders assassinated; post-colonial struggle by UPC rebels against the French-trained new Cameroon army continued until Aug. 1970 when its last battalion was arrested; multi-partyism not authorized in Cameroon until 1991, the UPC entered Parliament and the govt. in 1992 but lost all its seats in the general elections of 2007)
- Histoiredelafrique.fr website, viewed July 31, 2013(le mouvement Union des Peuples Camerounais, created in Douala Apr. 10, 1848)
Wikipedia description:
The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (French: Union des Populations du Cameroun - UPC) is a political party in Cameroon. It was one of the main belligerents in the Cameroon War.
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