On early 10 April 2024, Ambazonian separatist rebels of the Bui Unity Warriors attacked the base of the Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Battalion in Kumbo, resulting a battle that lasted for hours. Sev
Photo of Kumbo and surrounding hills in 2012
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 Ambazon
Battle of Kumbo
…reported that civilians were among those killed by the soldiers, though this was denied by the local military leadership. After the beginning of the Anglophone Crisis, Ambazonian rebels began to operate in the Northwest Region's department Bui whose center is Kumbo. The separatists enjoyed some advantage in the area…
Monument raised on the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Victoria at Ambas Bay, from which the name "Ambazonia" derives.
Streets of Buea on a ghost town day, 30 September.
Scorched vehicles left behind after clashes in Buea on 11 September.
Cameroonian soldiers on a bridge, heading to Wum, December 2018.