2017 in Cameroon

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This article lists events from the year 2017 in Cameroon.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 22 September –
    • Cameroonian security forces open fire on Anglophone protesters, killing at least five people.[1]
    • In Ekok, around 700 protesters attack police stations and raise the Ambazonian flag.[1]
  • 1 October –The Ambazonian separatist movement unilaterally declares the independence of Ambazonia.[2] Tens of thousands protest; with at least 20 demonstrators killed by security forces in Buea and Bamenda.[3][4]
  • 8 November – The Ambazonia Defence Forces kill two or three gendarmes in Bamenda in a significant escalation of violence.[5] The attack is condemned by the Interim Government of Ambazonia.[6]
  • 4 December – The Cameroonian government officially declares war on the Ambazonia separatists, calling them "terrorists who seek secession", marking a formal military response to the uprising.[7]
  • 14 December –
    • An elite Cameroonian army unit launches an operation to retake separatist-controlled villages.[8]
    • Soldiers fire indiscriminately at civilians in Bodam, execute an elderly man, and burn several houses.[9]

Deaths

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References

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