The breathless heat at Waza makes that of Douala and the coast seem like a sweet wish.
At the first glimpse of one of Douala's major landmarks there was a huge cheer of delight.
The Edinburgh-based firm said drilling operations were taking place at its Sapele-1 well in the Douala Basin.
It crashed in a mangrove swamp at midnight on Saturday, 12 miles south-east of Douala, where it had taken off.
Ebubekir Keskin, a 37-year-old Turkish businessman who settled in Douala, Cameroon, three years ago, swaps Turkish-made pasta for local timber.
When complete, this project is expected to connect Kenya to Bangui in the Central African Republic and Douala across the continent in Cameroon.
The Indomitable Lions appeared to be on course for their fifth successive World Cup finals when Portugal-based striker Rudolph Douala scored in the 21st minute.
But Eric Ngaha, general manager of Union Sportive Douala, said his colleagues must share their burden of the responsibility for the problems in the league.
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Capitale Douala, three doors down from Millie's, cooks up African specialties.
The Douala Stock Exchange in Cameroon had to wait three years for a debut offering, and no company could initially meet the Bulgaria Stock Exchange's requirements.
Russia's foreign ministry confirmed two of its citizens were among the hostages taken between the Cameroonian port of Douala and the port of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.
On February 24th and 25th, in Douala, Cameroon's commercial capital on the Atlantic coast, protesters lit fires on the streets, shooting broke out, and looters ran amok.
Douala had pace to burn and should have done better when he got behind the Wigan defence but with team-mates pleading for a cross, his shot from a narrow angle was easily handled by Kirkland.
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