Editing History of Cameroon (section)

==Contemporary issues==
===Boko Haram===
[[FILE:ISWAP and Boko Haram territory in early 2019.png|thumb|right|Map of Boko Haram impacted areas including northern Cameroon]]
In 2014, the [[Boko Haram insurgency]] spread into Cameroon from Nigeria. In May 2014, in the wake of the [[Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping]], Presidents [[Paul Biya]] of Cameroon and [[Idriss Déby]] of [[Chad]] announced they were waging war on [[Boko Haram]], and deployed troops to the Northern Nigerian border.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Cameroon, Chad Deploy Troops to Fight Boko Haram – Nigeria
| work = ReliefWeb
| date = 26 May 2014
| access-date = 2014-06-10
| url = http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/cameroon-chad-deploy-troops-fight-boko-haram
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| last = Kaze
| first = Rennier
| title = Dans le Nord du Cameroun, la "guerre" contre Boko Haram a commencé – Cameroon
| work = ReliefWeb
| access-date = 2014-06-10
| date = 2014-06-06
| language = fr
| url = http://reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/dans-le-nord-du-cameroun-la-guerre-contre-boko-haram-commenc
}}</ref> Cameroon announced in September 2018 that Boko Haram had been repelled, but the conflict persists in the northern border areas nonetheless.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cameroon-boko-haram-1.4844513 Boko Haram has been repelled, Cameroon's leader declares], CBC, Sep 30, 2018. Accessed Feb 6, 2019.</ref>

===Anglophone Crisis===
[[File:Federal ambazonia.png|thumb|left|Anglophone regions claimed by separatists as [[Ambazonia]]]]
In November 2016, major [[2016–2017 Cameroonian protests|protests]] broke out in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. In September 2017, the protests and the government's response to them escalated into an [[Anglophone Crisis|armed conflict]], with separatists declaring the independence of [[Ambazonia]] and starting a [[Guerrilla warfare|guerilla war]] against the [[Cameroon Armed Forces|Cameroonian Army]].