Cameroon is marking 10 years since the start of a conflict in its English- regions that has killed thousands and displaced more than one and a half million people.
The Anglophone crisis began in October 2016 and has had a particularly serious impact on children.
There is still no definitive record of the number of people killed, with estimates ranging from 6 500 to more than.
Rights organisations, including the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, have documented about 4 000 deaths between 2016 and 2023, with around half of the victims identified by name.
More than 4 000 reported deaths are captured in a partial list released on the 10th anniversary of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis.
Only about half of the victims have been identified by name, the rest remain unidentified.
The list includes civilians and combatants, though most of those documented are civilians.
The figures are not presented as a definitive death toll.
Estimates of those killed over the past decade range from 6 500 to more than 10 000, reflecting the difficulty of documenting deaths in communities affected by insecurity and limited access.
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