title: 2014 in Cameroon
text: # 2014 in Cameroon
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Cameroon.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Paul Biya
  * Prime Minister: Philémon Yang
  
  ## Events
  
  ### February
  
  * February 16 - Suspected Islamist militants kill 90 people in a Nigerian village raid near the border with Cameroon.
  
  ### April
  
  * April 5 - Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon.
  
  ### May
  
  * May 17 - Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, and Chad join together to combat Boko Haram.
  
  ### June
  
  * June 1 - The two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released.
  
  ### December
  
  * December 28 - The militant organisation Boko Haram attacks a village in Northern Cameroon, leaving an estimated 30 dead.
  * 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.
  