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Cameroon Anglophone conflict attacks 2026
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 09
SEP 09 · Day 1
Attackers kill police officer and kidnap teachers in Cameroon's northwest
In late 2016, the Cameroonian government violently put down protests in the anglophone regions.
The Northwest Region is one of two English-speaking regions in Cameroon where separatist groups have been fighting government forces for about 10 years.
Teachers and lawyers were objecting to the francophone authorities' growing grip on the education and legal systems of the two English-speaking regions.