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This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon during 2017. 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 ...
Anglophone separatists declared independence from Cameroon on Sunday, October 1, 2017. Peaceful marches took place on the streets of the English-speaking regions; the protests occurred in several towns : Buea , Bamenda , Kumba , Kumbo , and Mamfe .
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]
Factions of secessionist militias have been battling government troops in Cameroon's two English-speaking regions since 2017, leading to thousands of deaths and displacing nearly 800,000 people.
From 2017 to 2023, over 100 Ambazonian commanders were killed in the insurgency. [4] For comparison, a single meeting of the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council (also known as " Ambazonia Restoration Forces"), one of several rebel factions in the conflict, was attended by over fifty "Field Mar[shals], Generals, Colonel[s] and Captains".
From 2018, the Anglophone Crisis drew increasing international attention, and became a challenge to Cameroon's foreign relations. Triggered by a violent crackdown on the 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests, the conflict escalated from a low-scale insurgency to a civil war-like situation. [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]
This is a timeline of events related to the Anglophone Crisis. This entry is divided into the following articles: Timeline of the Anglophone Crisis (2017) Timeline of the Anglophone Crisis (2018) Timeline of the Anglophone Crisis (2019) Timeline of the Anglophone Crisis (2020) Timeline of the Anglophone Crisis (2021)