Union des populations du Cameroun
URI(s)
Variants
- U.P.C.
- Union des peuples camerounais
- Union of the Populations of Cameroon
- Union of the Populations of the Cameroons
- UPC
Additional Information
Descriptor
- Political parties
Associated Locale
- Cameroon
Field of Activity
Cameroon--Politics and government
Cameroon--Autonomy and independence movements
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: 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)
- found: LC data base, 11-15-85(hdg.: Union des populations du Cameroun)
- found: The U.P.C. denounces the planned systematic tortures in the Kamerun, 1958:prelim. p. (Union of the Populations of the Cameroons)
- found: 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)
- found: Histoiredelafrique.fr website, viewed July 31, 2013(le mouvement Union des Peuples Camerounais, created in Douala Apr. 10, 1848)
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Change Notes
- 1985-11-20: new
- 2023-04-26: revised
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