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LIST OF WARS: DETAILS

Cameroon War of Independence

Years: 1957-1959
Battle deaths: 11,700 [1]

Nation(s) involved and/or conflict territory [note]
Cameroon, France

Published prior to 2013 | Updated: 2014-08-10 19:14:46
In 1955, the outlawed Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC), based largely among the Bamileke and Bassa ethnic groups, began an armed struggle for independence in French Cameroon. This rebellion continued, with diminishing intensity, even after independence. Estimates of death from this conflict vary from thousands to hundreds of thousands.

(ADDITIONAL) SOURCES

Dibussi Tande

SOURCES: FATALITY DATA

Data Sources

[1] Battle deaths: PRIO Battle Deaths Dataset v3.0 (link) (1946-88) ID: #57
Low: 100 High: 32,000

More about sources

NOTE ON NATION DATA

NOTE! Nation data for this war may be inconlusive or incomplete. In most cases it reflects which nations were involved with troops in this war, but in some it may instead reflect the contested territory.

 

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