Cameroonian security forces open fire on Anglophone protesters, killing at least five people.
In Ekok, around 700 protesters attack police stations and raise the Ambazonian flag.
1 October –The Ambazonian separatist movement unilaterally declares the independence of Ambazonia. Tens of thousands protest; with at least 20 demonstrators killed by security forces in Buea and Bamenda.
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.
14 December –
An elite Cameroonian army unit launches an operation to retake separatist-controlled villages.
Soldiers fire indiscriminately at civilians in Bodam, execute an elderly man, and burn several houses.
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