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Anglophone Crisis

Separatist conflict in Cameroon's Anglophone regions, with insurgency, state operations and displacement.

Timeline
2017-present
Duration
9 years
Region
Central Africa
Record
Ongoing conflict

Historical overview

Ongoing conflict overview and stored locally on May 11, 2026.

The Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Ambazonia War, 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. Following the suppression of 2016–17 protests by Cameroonian authorities, separatists in the Anglophone regions launched a guerrilla campaign and later proclaimed independence. Within two months, the government sent its army into the Anglophone regions.

Theater countries

Cameroon

Actors

Cameroon governmentAnglophone separatist groups

Tags

separatisminsurgencycameroon

Border context

2014-2019historical border era

ISIS wars and renewed interstate pressure

The ISIS territorial project, Yemen's war and Russia's first phase of war against Ukraine reshape conflict geography.

ISIS loses territorial control by 2019. Crimea, Donbas, Yemen and the Sahel remain decisive zones.
2020-2022historical border era

Pandemic-era wars and invasion shock

Wars in Ethiopia, Myanmar and Ukraine show state collapse, mass mobilization and renewed interstate war.

Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion reorients European security. Myanmar's coup turns into nationwide civil war.
2023-2025historical border era

Current conflict pre-live archive

Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar and the Middle East escalation define the archive immediately before the live endpoint.

The next tick after 2025 is the live worker-backed map. Static history stops before the live endpoint.

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