Horn und Tusk 
A civil war in its 8th year — one of the most ignored and underreported conflicts in the world. Cameroon's North West and South West Regions have been at war since 2016.
Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis — also known as the Ambazonia War — is a low-intensity civil war between government forces and Anglophone separatist groups seeking independence for the self-declared Republic of Ambazonia in the country's two English-speaking regions.
What began as lawyers' and teachers' strikes in 2016 over the marginalization of English speakers escalated into armed conflict by 2017. Eight years on, it remains largely absent from international media coverage despite its devastating humanitarian toll.
In 2023, our goal was to challenge the narrative coming from both the western media and the Cameroonian government. This led to our first project in South West Region, where we interviewed people of all backgrounds on what it means to live in a region at war — and in a country that has largely rejected them.
The crisis is far from over. Both regions have seen killings, kidnappings, and bombings in recent months. Most recently, a member of the national parliament was kidnapped and executed. The conflict shows no signs of a negotiated resolution, and civilian communities continue to bear the greatest cost.
Hope is on the horizon. Presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, a true bilingual speaker, has challenged the status quo — promising to end the war and restore power to the people through a federal Cameroon.
Quick Facts
Every recorded incident in the North West and South West Regions — massacres, ambushes, kidnappings, military raids. Click any marker for full intelligence.
