2017 in Cameroon

This article lists events from the year 2017 in Cameroon.

Incumbents

22 September -
*Cameroonian security forces open fire on Anglophone protesters, killing at least five people.
*In Ekok, around 700 protesters attack police stations and raise the Ambazonian flag.
1 October –The Ambazonian separatist movement unilaterally declares the independence of Ambazonia. Tens of thousands protest; with at least 20 demonstrators killed by security forces in Buea and Bamenda.
8 November – The Ambazonia Defence Forces kill two or three gendarmes in Bamenda in a significant escalation of violence. The attack is condemned by the Interim Government of Ambazonia.
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.
14 December –
*An elite Cameroonian army unit launches an operation to retake separatist-controlled villages.
*Soldiers fire indiscriminately at civilians in Bodam, execute an elderly man, and burn several houses.