Operation Free Bafut

Operation Free Bafut
Part of the Anglophone Crisis

View of the village of Bafut
Date26 April – May 1, 2020[1]
Location
Bafut, Northwest Region, Cameroon
Result Armed separatists weakened[2] but not expelled entirely from Bafut[3]
Belligerents
 Cameroon  Ambazonia
Commanders and leaders
Col. Alain Charles Matiang[1] General Peace Plant †[1]
General Alhaji †[1]
Units involved
Rapid Intervention Battalion
501st Airforce Base[4]
Motorized Infantry Brigade[4]		 Seven Karta
Strength
More than 300 soldiers[2] ?
Casualties and losses
None dead, some wounded
(Cameroonian claim)[5]
Unknown number dead or wounded
(separatist claim)[5]		 15 dead
(Cameroonian claim, confirmed by separatists)[1]
13 civilians dead (according to locals)[5]
No civilian casualties (Cameroonian claim)[5]

Operation Free Bafut was a week-long Cameroonian military operation against the Seven Karta militia in and around Bafut that resulted in the deaths of two separatist generals.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cameroon:Two Ambazonia ‘Generals’ killed after military raid in Bafut, Journal du Cameroun, May 4, 2020. Accessed May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Military Launches Operation Free Bafut, Bamenda Online, May 1, 2020. Accessed May 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference cnanov22020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Cameroon: North West - Defence Forces Destroy Armed Fighters Camp in Bafut". AllAfrica. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Cameroon Military Denies Civilian Deaths in ‘Successful’ Raids on Rebels, Voice of America, May 4, 2020. Accessed May 7, 2020.