source: RFI; Camer.be; Mimi Mefo; Xinhua; GardaWorld; Cameroon Online; Reuters
actor1: Ambazonian Separatists (Cameroon)
actor2: Military Forces of Cameroon (1982-) Rapid Intervention Battalion
location: Bamessing
notes: On 16 September 2021, Ambazonian separatists detonated an IED on a military convoy and engaged in fire fights with soldiers of the rapid intervention battalion on the road from Bamessing to Sagba villages, Tubah subdivision (Mezam, Nord-Ouest). 15 soldiers were killed and 6 others went missing. An unknown number of assailants were also killed. Unknown fatalities among assailants coded as 3. A total of 18 fatalities coded.