Operation Bamenda Clean
| Operation Bamenda Clean | |||||||
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| Part of the Anglophone Crisis | |||||||
Cameroonian soldiers in front of a captured rebel hideout at Bamenda in 2021 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cameroon | Ambazonia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Brig. Gen. Valere Nka Brig. Gen. Ekongwesse Divine Nnoko Gousmo Emile Paul Achobang (Mayor of Bamenda) |
"General Sweet Tuma" (POW) "General Lion" † "General Cobra" (POW) "General Cross and Die" † "General Trouble" † "General Satan" † "General Weapon" † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Rapid Intervention Battalion 5th Joint Gendarmerie Region Police units |
Ambazonia Defence Forces Bambalang Marine Forces Other unspecified armed groups | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Over 20 surrendered (according to Cameroon) | |||||||
Operation Bamenda Clean is an ongoing Cameroonian special counter-insurgency operation in Bamenda, Northwest Region, aimed at preventing armed Ambazonian separatists from operating in the city. By January 2021, Cameroon was gradually achieving what a security analyst at the University of Yaoundé called "relative peace" in Bamenda, and the mayor of the city stated that the operation was succeeding. However, as of March 2021, separatist-imposed ghost towns remained widely respected by the local population, and separatists controlled most roads leading in and out of Bamenda.