US donates war materials to the Cameroon military

Tactical vehicles including pickups, a trailer, tanks for refuelling and generators were among the gifts presented on December the 9th, 2015 in Yaoundé to Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo by US Ambassador Stephen Michael Hoza. The war materials are suitable for land and extreme conditions in the Far North region desert.

The boss of the US diplomatic mission in Yaounde, Ambassador Stephen Hoza on the occasion reiterated US support for the Cameroon Armed Forces. "We are all in this war",he told Minister Beti Assomo who did not hesitate to show Cameroon's government gratitude. This is the second gift offered by the Obama adminsitration to Cameroon this year. Our chief military correspondent who contributed to this report hinted that the equipments had been used in Afghanistan.