2014 in Cameroon
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Cameroon.
Incumbents
Events
February
- February 16 - Suspected Islamist militants kill 90 people in a Nigerian village raid near the border with Cameroon.[1]
April
- April 5 - Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon.[2]
May
June
- June 1 - The two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released.[5]
December
- December 28 - The militant organisation Boko Haram attacks a village in Northern Cameroon, leaving an estimated 30 dead.[6]
- December 29 - Cameroon launches its first airstrikes against Boko Haram in a successful operation to reclaim several villages and a military base briefly seized by the militant group in the Far North Region.[7]
References
- ↑ "Suspected Islamists kill 90 in Nigeria village raid". 16 February 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Italian priests, Canadian nun kidnapped in Cameroon". 5 April 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Boko Haram: African leaders agree joint action in rare show of unity". 17 May 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "West African Nations Set Aside Their Old Suspicions to Combat Boko Haram". 17 May 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Italian priests, Canadian nun freed in Cameroon". 1 June 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Boko Haram slaughter dozens in Cameroon village". 28 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Boko Haram unrest: Cameroon air strikes on Nigerian militants". 29 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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