This is a list of wars and conflicts involving the Republic of Cameroon and its previous states.
Pre-Colonial Cameroon (Before 1882)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Losses Fulani War(1804 – 1808) Sokoto CaliphateSupport:Sultanate of Aïr Sokoto victory Establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate Unknown
Colonial Cameroon (1882–1961)
Battle of Kousséri – 1900 Battle of Nsanakong – 1914 Battle of Jabassi – 1914 First Battle of Edea – 1914 Second Battle of Edea – 1915 Second Battle of Garua – 1915 Battle of Ngaundere – 1915 Battle of Banjo – 1915
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Losses Kamerun campaign(1914 – 1916) Kamerun Nigeria
French Equatorial Africa Belgium Allied victory Kamerun divided into League of Nations mandates under British and French rule (1919) c. 5,000 soldiers killed Cameroon War(1955 – 1964) Independence War Phase (1955–1960) (1955–1960) French Cameroon
Civil War Phase (1960–1964) Federal Republic of Cameroon Union of the Peoples of CameroonSupported by: People's Socialist Republic of Albania Government's victory Cameroonian Independence through the establishment of a Pro-French Regime under Ahmadou Ahidjo Defeat of UPC insurgents Continued clashes until 1971 Before 1960
After 1960 61,300 – 76,300 civilians killed
Republic of Cameroon (1961–Present)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Losses First Bakassi insurgency(2006–2018) Democratic Republic of BakassiNiger Delta militiasPro-Nigerian militias Victory Most militants surrendered in 2009 Unknown Central African Republic Civil War(2012 – Present)
Central African Armed Forces MINUSCA (since 2014) EUTM-RCA (since 2016) (since 2020)Rwanda deploys troops to CAR under bilateral arrangement , The East African, 22 December 2020. Accessed 28 December 2020. (since 2018) Wagner Group Russian Imperial Movement Black RussiansL'incroyable constellation des groupes armés en Centrafrique , 27 July 2023 Azande Ani Kpi Gbe
Formerly: (2013)MISCA (2013–2014) (2013–2021)France suspends military, budgetary support to Central African Republic , 8 June 2021 PRNC CMSPR (since 2024)
Defunct groups: RJ (2013–2018) MNLC (2017–2019) MLCJ (2008–2022) RPRC (2014–2022) UPC (2014–2025) 3R (2015–2025) Ongoing Séléka rebel coalition takes power from François Bozizé.Looting and gunfire in captured CAR capital . Al Jazeera.com (25 March 2013). Retrieved 17 April 2013. Michel Djotodia, the leader of Séléka, becomes president President Michel Djotodia abolishes Séléka Low-level fighting between Ex-Séléka factions and Anti-balaka militias.26 villagers killed by militants in Central African Republic . NewsGhana.com.gh (22 November 2015). Retrieved 22 November 2015. President Michel Djotodia resigns amid heavy international pressure. Interim government is formed Elections conducted in 2016 with Faustin-Archange Touadéra becoming the president De facto split between ex-Séléka factions controlled north and east and Anti-balaka controlled south and west with a Séléka faction declaring the Republic of Logone.Central African rebel leader declares autonomous republic . Reuters (15 December 2015). Retrieved 15 December 2015. Fighting between Ex-Séléka factions FPRC and UPC. Ex-president Bozizé merges all rebel groups and forms the Coalition of Patriots for Change. Elections in 2021 with Touadéra being re-elected as president. Unknown Boko Haram insurgency(2012 – Present) Multinational Joint Task ForceFaced with Boko Haram, Cameroon weighs death penalty for terrorism. By Tansa Musa, Reuters. YAOUNDE Wed 3 December 2014 9:56 am EST.Chad armoured column heads for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram. AFP for Yahoo! News, 16 January 2015 4:54 PM.West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau. 17 May 2014 2:19 PM.African Troops Free Dozens of Boko Haram Victims, Voice of America, Apr 10, 2021. Accessed April 11, 2021.
Local militias and vigilantes Foreign mercenaries Sultan Murad Division (from 2024) (2015-Present) ISWA (2015-2016) ISWAP (from 2016, originally Barnawi faction of Boko Haram) ISSP Lakurawa (2016-present)
al-Qaeda Ansaru (2012-present) Supported by: Al-Shabaab AQIM
Boko Haram (2009-2015, 2016-) Shekau faction Several minor factions Ongoing (Map of the current military situation) Expansion of conflict into Cameroon, Chad, Mali, and Niger Turkish forces and Syrian mercenaries deployed to Niger Coalition offensive in 2015 forces Boko Haram to retreat into the Sambisa Forest Abubakar Shekau killed on 19 May 2021 amid ISWAP's capture of Sambisa Forest Boko Haram largely dissolves and rise of ISWAP Unknown Anglophone Crisis(2017 – Present) Ambazonia Ongoing 120+ Pro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi(2021–present) BNLNiger Delta militias (from 2025) Ongoing Unknown
Ambazonia Crisis (2017- Present) Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Losses Battle of Batibo(March 3, 20184000 persons in Batibo displaced after deadly clashes between gunmen and security forces, Journal du Cameroun, Mar 8, 2018. Accessed Aug 25, 2018.) Indecisive Unknown Ndop prison break(July 28, 2018Ndop prison burnt, prisoners freed, Journal du Cameroun, July 29, 2018. Accessed July 29, 2018.) Ambazonian victory unknown Wum prison break(September 25, 2018) Ambazonian victory Unknown Operation Free Bafut(26 April – May 1, 2020Cameroon:Two Ambazonia ‘Generals’ killed after military raid in Bafut, Journal du Cameroun, May 4, 2020. Accessed May 4, 2020.) Armed separatists weakened but not expelled entirely from Bafut Unknown Operation Bamenda Clean(8 September 2020Cameroon: Security officials in Bamenda launch operation to protect population, Journal du Cameroun, Sep 8, 2020. Accessed Sep 9, 2020. – present) Ongoing Unknown Operation Bui Clean(May – June 2021) Cameroon claims Victory Ambazonia forces remain a strong presence Unknown September 2021 Bamessing ambush(September 16, 2021) Ambazonian victory 15 Battle of Bambui(July 31, 2022) Cameroon Ambazonia Cameroonian victory 26
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