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In 1961, the region joined Cameroon as part of the federated state of West Cameroon, under the 1961 British Cameroons referendum. [6] At the end of 2017, an Ambazonian separatist movement in the two English-speaking regions of North West and South West began a wave of violence affecting soldiers, police, business leaders and workers. Separatist ...
This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon during 2023.. The Anglophone Crisis is an ongoing armed conflict in the Republic of Cameroon in Central Africa, where historically English-speaking Ambazonian separatists are seeking the independence of the former British trust territory of Southern Cameroons, which was unified with Cameroon since 1961.
The Anglophone Crisis (French: Crise anglophone), also known as the Ambazonia War, [11] is an ongoing armed conflict in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, between the Cameroonian government and Ambazonian separatist groups, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. [12]
DOUALA/N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -A resurgence of tit-for-tat violence between herders and farmers has killed at least 22 people and injured more than 30 others this week in Cameroon's Far North region ...
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In revenge for the demise of their comrade, local security forces subsequently raided several locations in and around Kumbo. According to the Cameroon News Agency, soldiers killed one insurgent and three civilians in a "rampage" at Bamfem, while burning houses in three villages. A handicapped, 90 years-old man was reportedly among the victims.
The Anglophone Crisis began in 2017, when English-speaking people in the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon declared independence due to allegations of persecution by the French-speaking Cameroonian government. [1]
Following the beginning of an armed rebellion in the Anglophone areas of Cameroon, Bafut quickly became a battleground between separatist forces and the Cameroonian military. Local taxi operators who lost their livelihood due to the conflict organized the "Seven Karta" militia around 2017/18, and occupied parts of the region. [ 6 ]