What is 2022 Buea clashes?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = 2022 Buea clashes | place = Buea, [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|Southwest Region]], [[Cameroon]] | date = 12 January 2022 | image = Molyko Buea.jpg | partof = the [[Anglophone Crisis]] | caption = View of Buea | combatant1 = {{flag|Cameroon|size=22px}} | combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg}} [[Ambazonia]] | casualties1 = 1 | casualties2 = Unknown }} The '''2022 Buea clashes''' were armed clashes that took place on 12 January 2022 in Buea in the [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|Southwest Region]] of [[Cameroon]]. The fighting was between the [[Cameroon Armed Forces]] and [[Ambazonia|Ambazonian]] [[Separatism|separatists]]. Three people were killed and many others were [[Injury|injured]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cameroun/CAN 2022 : Trois morts dans des affrontements entre l'armée et les séparatistes à Buea|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/cameroun-can-2022-trois-morts-dans-des-affrontements-entre-larmée-et-les-séparatistes-à-buea/2472760|access-date=2022-03-14|website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-13|title=CAN 2022 : plusieurs blessés dans des échanges de tirs dans l'ouest du Cameroun|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/politique-africaine/can-2022-plusieurs-blesses-dans-des-echanges-de-tirs-dans-l-ouest-du-cameroun_4915501.html|access-date=2022-03-14|website=Franceinfo|language=fr-FR}}</ref> == Context == After the crackdown of the 2016-17 Cameroonian [[protest]]s and the separatist [[insurgency]] that followed, armed separatists and the [[military]] of Cameroon have had many [[battle]]s. This fighting has caused people to die. International [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] and the [[United Nations|UN]] say that both sides are guilty of [[War crime|war crimes]]. The conflict has caused the deaths of thousand of people. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since the beginning of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CAN 2022: une fusillade fait plusieurs b