List of wars involving Cameroon

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 Caliphate	Hausa Kingdoms	Sokoto's victory Establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate.[1]	Usman dan Fodio (Sultan of Sokoto)	Unknown

Colonial Cameroon (1882–1960)[]

British 12-pounder firing at Fort Dachang in 1915.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Head of State	Losses
Kamerun Campaign (1914 – 1916)	German Empire Kamerun[2]	British Empire British Nigeria[3] French Empire French Equatorial Africa[4] Belgian Empire  Belgian Congo[5]	Defeat German soldiers surrender to the Allies.[6]	Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany)	c. 5,000 soldiers killed[7]
Bamileke War (1955 – 1964)	Before 1960 French Empire French Equatorial Africa[8] After 1960 Cameroon[9] French Empire[8]	UPC[9]	Government's victory UPC rebellion crushed.[8]	Before 1960 René Coty (President of France)(1955–1959)Charles de Gaulle (President of France)(1959–1960) After 1960 Ahmadou Ahidjo (President of Cameroon)	61,300 – 76,300 civilians killed[8]

Republic of Cameroon (1960–Present)[]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Head of State	Losses
Bakassi conflict (2006 – 2009)	Cameroon	Bakassian insurgents Nigerian rebels	Victory	Paul Biya (President of Cameroon)	Unknown
Central African Republic Civil War (2013 – Present)	Central African Republic  South Africa (2012[10] – 2013)[11]  France (2013[12] – 2016)[13] show MISCA[14][15]  DR Congo[12]  Cameroon[12]  Chad[12]  Congo-Brazzaville[12]  Gabon[12]  Angola[12]	show Séléka[16] CPJP CPSK UFDR FDPC FPR Anti-balaka[17]	Ongoing Séléka rebel coalition takes power from François Bozizé.[16] Stalemate, ongoing sectarian violence.[18]	Paul Biya (President of Cameroon)	Unknown
Boko Haram insurgency (2014 – Present)	Nigeria[19] show Allies  Cameroon[20]  Chad[19]  Niger[19]  Benin[19]	Before 2015 Boko Haram Ansaru[21] After 2015 ISIL[22] Boko Haram Ansaru[21]	Ongoing Boko Haram incursions repelled.[23]		Unknown
Anglophone Crisis (2017 – Present)	Cameroon	Ambazonia[24]	Ongoing Ongoing separatist insurgency.[25]		120+[26]

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