2022 in Cameroon
Events in the year 2022 in Cameroon .
Incumbents
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 defence ministers of Russia and Cameroon sign a new military cooperation agreement, renewing a similar agreement signed in 2015.[ 6]
11 May - A small plane crashes in Cameroon with eleven people on board. It is unknown if any casualties occurred.[ 7]
29 May - Twenty-four people are killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Anglophone rebels in Cameroon .[ 8]
7 June - Five Cameroonian soldiers are killed in an attack by Ambazonian separatists in Kouoptamo district .[ 9]
22 June - Anglophone Ambazonia rebels kill between 26 and 32 civilians in Akwaya , Cameroon .[ 10]
25 June - Akwaya massacre : Twenty-six people are killed in an attack in Akwaya district, Southwest region , Cameroon .[ 11]
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 .[ 12]
6 September - Six people are killed and eight others are injured when separatists open fire on a public bus in South West , Cameroon .[ 13]
Deaths
May 21 – Fon Angwafo III of Mankon , 97, traditional ruler[ 14]
May 31 - Jacques N'Guea , 66, footballer[ 15]
June 21 - Pierre Narcisse , 45, singer[ 16]
July 2 - Félix Tonye Mbog , 88, politician[ 17]
July 12 - Lekeaka Oliver , 53, separatist leader[ 18]
August 9 - Dakolé Daïssala , politician[ 19]
See also
References
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