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 | | The president, without consulting the National Assembly, names and dismisses cabinet members, judges, generals, provincial governors, prefects, subprefects, and heads of Cameroon's parastatal (about 100 state-controlled) firms; obligates or disburses expenditures; approves or vetoes regulations to implement newly enacted laws; declares states of emergency; and appropriates and spends profits of parastatal firms. |
 | | Cameroon's 25,000-person military, including a 13,000-member security force, and a 3,000-person presidential guard, is oriented chiefly toward internal security; there is also a national police force of 15,000 and a domestic intelligence network. |
 | | Cameroon has an investment guaranty agreement and a bilateral accord with the U. investment in Cameroon is about $1 billion, most of it in the oil sector. |
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