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Battle of Batibo

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Following the battle, mass arrests took place in villages across the Batibo Subdivision. The villages of Gurissen and Kwana in Upper Bafang, Tinto were burned down by unknown perpetrators, while the villages of Korgwe, Effa, Koroko, Ambo and Angie were completely abandoned. In total, over 4,000
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These casualty figures far eclipse the official figures at the time. Two months after the battle, Cameroon admitted to having lost at least 44 soldiers and policemen since the start of the armed conflict, of whom at least 22 had died between February and May.
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The Mayor of Batibo, Frederick Tanjoh, stated that while casualties were high - people on the ground claimed to have seen a military truck transporting a truckload of corpses - no information had been issued by the authorities.
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Subdivision. While the number of casualties on both sides remained unclear, information circulating on social media claimed that 70 Cameroonian soldiers and "hundreds" of separatists died in the battle.
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While circumstances of the battle remain unclear, reports claimed that separatist forces ambushed Cameroonian soldiers who were celebrating the recent recapture of most villages in the
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3 Villages Razed In Batibo, 4 Deserted After Bloody Attack *Collateral Casualties Overwhelmed Local Administrators
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Cameroon-unfolding catastrophe’ evidence of human rights violations and crimes against humanity
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4000 persons in Batibo displaced after deadly clashes between gunmen and security forces
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separatists attacked Cameroonian troops on the Bamenda-Batibo Highway,
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Unknown ("hundreds" according to unconfirmed information)
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people fled their homes following the battle, including
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Anglophone Crisis

Batibo
Northwest Region
Cameroon
Ambazonia
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Anglophone Crisis
Timeline
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2016–17 protests
Batibo
Ndop
Wum
PSS Nkwen
Kidnappings of John Fru Ndi
July 2019 prison riots
Ngarbuh
Operation Free Bafut
Operation Bamenda Clean
Kumba

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