Timeline of the Anglophone Crisis (2024)

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This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon during 2024.

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.

January[edit]

  • On January 1, writing from the Kondengui Central Prison, Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe (the first president of Ambazonia) called for an end of the Ambazonian leadership crisis and unity among separatist factions.[1]
  • On January 6, footage surfaced in which armed men claiming to be part of the Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) were torturing a civilian in Muyuka.[2]
  • On January 9, Cameroonian forces raided a separatist hideout in Ewai. Cameroon claimed that at least five separatists were killed, while the separatists claimed to have suffered three dead. Hundreds of people fled Ewai during the raid.[3]
  • On January 11, a gendarme officer shot a civilian dead in Mamfe.[4]
  • On January 13, separatist figthers shot and tortured a civilian in Menchum, after accusing him of passing information to the Cameroonian military.[5]
  • On January 21, it was confirmed that Cameroonian forces had captured top ADF commander "General Efang".[6]
  • On January 24, suspected separatists burned a road construction equipment in Ndu.[7]
  • On January 29, several people were feared dead and three vehicles were burned in a separatist attack in Buea.[8]

February[edit]

  • On February 6, an official was abducted by unidentified kidnappers in Bamenda. He was rescued four hours later by the Cameroonian military.[9]
  • On February 7, four civilians were killed by Cameroonian forces in Kumbo.[10]
  • On February 11, one person was killed and dozens more, including children, were injured in an explosion during Youth Day celebrations in Nkambe.[11]
  • On February 16-17, eight separatists were killed during military operations in the locality of Ayukaba.[12] Two persons were killed during clashes in Banga Bakundu.[13]
  • On February 21, one person was killed during clashes in Banga Bakundu.[13]
  • On February 26, Cameroonian security forces detected and destroyed an improvised explosive device (IED) in Galim, West Region. According to local sources, separatists meant to target the Divisional Officer of Galim.[14]

March[edit]

  • On March 9-11, a separatist commander known as Barack was killed by the Rapid Intervention Battalion during clashes near Batibo.[15]
  • On March 12, two civilians were killed in a suspected separatist attack on a Brasseries du Cameroun truck in Bamenda.[16]
  • On March 22-23, a local elected official was shot dead in Babessi, in an attack claimed by separatists.[17]
  • On March 25, the Cameroonian military said it had killed at least seven separatist fighters in Tubah.[18]
  • On March 27, Cameroonian forces carried out a series of raids against separatist hideouts in Big Babanki, Bamenda and Bambui. 13 separatist fighters were reported killed in Bambui, and "several" were killed in Big Babanki. Two separatist fighters were also killed in Jakiri.[19]
  • On March 31, a separatist group called the Ribbons of Ambazonia announced that they had banned farming on Mondays in the Meme and Ndian divisions.[20]

April[edit]

  • On April 4, a severed head was discovered at the Azire Old Church Junction in Bamenda. Witnessed said that it was dropped there by separatist fighters.[21]
  • On April 10, Cameroonian forces set ablaze houses in three villages of the Bui Division and killed three civilians and one separatist fighter in Bamfem.[22]
  • On April 15, separatist fighters abducted two teachers in Njap, Donga-Mantung.[23]
  • On April 24, separatist general Desmond Koa (known as "General Mad Dog") was killed along with four of his fighters by the Rapid Intervention Brigade in Mbonge, Ndian.[24]
  • On April 29, three men were reportedly killed and several others injured in an alleged separatist attack in Kumba.[25] A locally made bomb exploded in Nkwen, Bamenda, causing no casualties. The attack was claimed by ADF leader, Ayaba Cho Lucas.[26] Separatist fighters set fire to a bulldozer working on the Tugi-Bamenda road. A commercial motorcycle was also seized and set on fire by the fighters for violating ghost town.[27]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ambazonia leader calls for unity, peace between groups". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. ^ "Ambazonia Separatists Torture Civilian in Muyuka". Mimi Mefo. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  3. ^ "Ambazonia Separatists Torture Civilian in Muyuka". News Ghana. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ^ "Outrage in Mamfe as Gendarme officer shoots woman dead". Mimi Mefo. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  5. ^ "Amba fighters brutally attack man for alleged collaboration with military". Mimi Mefo. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  6. ^ "Gov't forces capture ADF supreme commander". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  7. ^ "Armed attackers burn down road construction equipment in Ndu". Mimi Mefo Info. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  8. ^ Mbunwe, Tata (2024-01-29). "Buea: Three vehicles burned, several feared dead in separatist attack". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  9. ^ Mbunwe, Tata (2024-02-07). "Kidnapped Cameroonian official released". Xinhua. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  10. ^ "Gov't forces kill 4 civilians in Kumbo". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  11. ^ "Cameroon Blast Kills at Least One Person During Youth Day Event". Voice of America. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  12. ^ "Cameroun : huit séparatistes neutralisés dans le Sud-Ouest". Journalducameroun.com (in French). 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  13. ^ a b "Mbonge: One dies in separatist, military shootout". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  14. ^ "Galim: IED detected, destroyed by security elements". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  15. ^ Essama, Joseph (2024-03-12). "Crise anglophone : le commandant séparatiste Barack tué par le BIR". Mimi Mefo Info (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  16. ^ Bih, Kate (2024-03-13). "Separatist Attack on Brasseries Truck Leaves Two Dead". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  17. ^ Ouest-France, AFP (2024-03-23). "Cameroun. Mort d'un élu local dans une attaque revendiquée par des séparatistes anglophones". ouest-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  18. ^ "7 separatist fighters killed in military offensive in Cameroon-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  19. ^ "Military raids leave several separatist fighters dead". Mimi Mefo Info. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  20. ^ "Separatists impose 'no farming Mondays' in Meme, Ndian". Cameroon News Agency. 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  21. ^ "Ambazonian Fighters Strike Again: Civilians Horrified by Gruesome Beheading in Bamenda". Mimi Mefo. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  22. ^ "Gov't forces on rampage kill three civilians in Kumbo, burn houses". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  23. ^ "2 teachers abducted in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region". Xinhua. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  24. ^ "Ndian: Selfstyled general mad dog killed in military operation". Cameroon News Agency. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  25. ^ Info (Editor), Mimi Mefo (2024-04-30). "Three reported dead in Kumba gun shooting". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 2024-04-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  26. ^ Info (Editor), Mimi Mefo (2024-04-29). "Bamenda: No casualties reported in Separatist bomb blast". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 2024-04-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  27. ^ Info (Editor), Mimi Mefo (2024-04-30). "Separatist fighters burn bulldozer rehabilitating Tugi-Bamenda road". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 2024-04-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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