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🇨🇲 Use CautionIs Cameroon Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Cameroon
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Armed conflict in the Anglophone (NW/SW) regions
- Kidnapping risk, especially near Nigerian border
- Petty crime in Yaounde and Douala
Avoid NW and SW regions entirely; exercise heightened vigilance in major cities
Yellow fever vaccination required; malaria prophylaxis essential; hepatitis A vaccine advised
CFA Franc used; carry cash as card acceptance is very limited
Emergency: 117
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