2017 in Cameroon

This article lists events from the year 2017 in Cameroon.

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See also:	Other events of 2017 List of years in Cameroon

Incumbents

• President: Paul Biya
• Prime Minister: Philémon Yang

Events

• 22 September –
  • Cameroonian security forces open fire on Anglophone protesters, killing at least five people.^[1]
  • In Ekok, around 700 protesters attack police stations and raise the Ambazonian flag.^[1]
• 1 October –The Ambazonian separatist movement unilaterally declares the independence of Ambazonia.^[2] Tens of thousands protest; with at least 20 demonstrators killed by security forces in Buea and Bamenda.^[3][4]
• 8 November – The Ambazonia Defence Forces kill two or three gendarmes in Bamenda in a significant escalation of violence.^[5] The attack is condemned by the Interim Government of Ambazonia.^[6]
• 4 December – The Cameroonian government officially declares war on the Ambazonia separatists, calling them "terrorists who seek secession", marking a formal military response to the uprising.^[7]
• 14 December –
  • An elite Cameroonian army unit launches an operation to retake separatist-controlled villages.^[8]
  • Soldiers fire indiscriminately at civilians in Bodam, execute an elderly man, and burn several houses.^[9]

Deaths

• 8 January – Zacharie Noah, footballer (b. 1937).^[10]