2022 in Cameroon

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Events in the year 2022 in Cameroon .

Incumbents

• President: Paul Biya
• Prime Minister: Joseph Ngute

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon

• 23 January – Yaoundé nightclub fire: At least 16 people are killed and eight others are injured in a fire caused by fireworks at a nightclub in Yaoundé. ^[1]
• 24 January - Yaoundé stadium disaster: Eight people are killed in a crowd crush at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé. ^[2]
• 6 February - 2021 Africa Cup of Nations: In association football, Senegal win their first international trophy after beating Egypt on penalties in the final at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Senegalese forward Sadio Mané is named the tournament's Best Player. ^[3]
• 2 March - Anglophone rebels bomb a car in the Ekondo-Titi commune of Southwest Cameroon, killing seven people, including the mayor and a lieutenant. ^[4]
• 14 March - Cameroon bans shisha smoking, becoming the sixth African country to do so. ^[5]
• 12 April - Jeune Afrique reveals that the defence ministers of Russia and Cameroon sign a new military cooperation agreement, renewing a similar agreement signed in 2015. ^[6]
• 11 May - Eleven people are killed when a plane carrying Cameroon Oil Transportation Company workers crashes near Nanga Eboko. ^{[7] [8]}
• 29 May - Twenty-four people are killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Anglophone rebels in Cameroon. ^[9]
• 7 June - Five Cameroonian soldiers are killed in an attack by Ambazonian separatists in Kouoptamo district. ^[10]
• 22 June - Anglophone Ambazonia rebels kill between 26 and 32 civilians in Akwaya, Cameroon. ^[11]
• 25 June - Akwaya massacre: Twenty-six people are killed in an attack in Akwaya district, Southwest region, Cameroon. ^[12]
• 9 August - Four civilians and a soldier are killed, and another civilian is wounded, during three separate attacks by Boko Haram gunmen in the Far North Region, Cameroon. ^[13]
• 6 September - Six people are killed and eight others are injured when separatists open fire on a public bus in South West, Cameroon. ^[14]

Deaths

• May 21 – Fon Angwafo III of Mankon, 97, traditional ruler ^[15]
• May 31 - Jacques N'Guea, 66, footballer ^[16]
• June 21 - Pierre Narcisse, 45, singer ^[17]
• July 2 - Félix Tonye Mbog, 88, politician ^[18]
• July 12 - Lekeaka Oliver, 53, separatist leader ^[19]
• August 9 - Dakolé Daïssala, politician ^[20]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• African Continental Free Trade Area

References

1. "More than a dozen killed in Cameroon nightclub fire". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
2. McCluskey, Aleks Klosok,Joel Kouam,Mitchell (2022-01-24). "AFCON: Report into deadly stadium crush will focus on who closed gate that led to loss of lives". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
3. Kevin Dotson (6 February 2022). "Senegal beats Egypt to win Africa Cup of Nations trophy". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
4. "Cameroon Says Rebel Bomb Kills Officials". VOA. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
5. AfricaNews, Cameroon (2022-03-14). "Shisha smoking banned in Cameroon". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
6. "Cameroun-Russie : vers un rapprochement militaire entre Yaoundé et Moscou ? – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 19 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
7. "Rescue workers search for survivors of Cameroon plane crash". AP NEWS. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
8. Ranter, Harro. "Accident Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 TJ-TIM Wednesday 11 May 2022". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
9. Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Gunmen Kill 24 In Anglophone Cameroon, Says Mayor". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
10. "Five military police killed in western Cameroon, says regional governor". Reuters. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
11. Atabong, Amindeh Blaise (2022-06-27). "About 30 killed in feud over land in Cameroon's South West". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
12. Atabong, Amindeh Blaise (2022-06-27). "About 30 killed in feud over land in Cameroon's South West". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
13. "Soldier among five killed in Boko Haram raids in Cameroon-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
14. Atabong, Amindeh Blaise (2022-09-07). "At least six civilians killed after Cameroon separatists open fire on bus". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
15. StopBlaBlaCam. "Nécrologie : décès de Fon San Angwafo III après 63 ans de règne sur le trône de Mankon, région du Nord-Ouest". www.stopblablacam.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
16. Ngoueka, Ludovic (2022-05-31). "Nécrologie : Nguea Jacques n'est plus". News du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
17. Юртова, Кристина. "Умер Пьер Нарцисс | StarHit.ru". www.starhit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
18. Nzié, Léandre (2022-07-02). "Actualités Cameroun :: Félix Tonye Mbog n'est plus :: Cameroon news". camer.be (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
19. "Crise Anglophone : voici comment l'armée camerounaise a neutralisé Field Marshall". CamerounWeb (in French). 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
20. says, Corres (2022-08-09). "Nécrologie : l'ancien ministre Dakole Daïssala n'est plus". Lebledparle (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-07.