At least 12 people, including women and children from the Mbororo community, were killed in the early hours of Wednesday, January 14, 2026, during violent attacks in Ntumbaw, Ndu Subdivision, Northwest Region of Cameroon. The assault, reportedly carried out by Ambazonian separatist fighters, also left homes destroyed and families displaced.
The killings occurred around 5 a.m., with assailants moving through villages, setting houses ablaze and targeting entire families. According to Cameroon News Agency (CNA), at least seven suspected separatists participated in the attack. Witnesses reported that more than 10 Mbororo residents, including women and children, were killed in Gidado village, located between Ndu town and Ntumbaw.
According to Mimi Mefo Info, the attackers accused the Mbororo community of collaborating with the Cameroonian army, allegedly providing intelligence that led to a military operation days earlier in which about a dozen separatist fighters were killed.
This attack is heartbreaking as homes were looted and burned, Mass displacement. This massacre echoes past violence in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon. Just two weeks earlier, a joint operation by the Cameroonian army killed eight Ambazonian fighters.
The incident also recalls the Ngarbuh Massacre of February 14, 2020, when Cameroonian soldiers, accompanied by armed Mbororos, killed over 20 civilians, including women and children in Ntumbaw.
As of this report, government authorities have not yet issued an official response. Local sources and independent media, including Mimi Mefo Info, have described the attack as inhuman and horrific.
Retaliatory cycles of violence between separatist fighters, the army, and local communities risk escalating further violence.
This attack has increased Ethnic tensions between the Mbororo (Fulani) community and separatist groups. and equally raises serious concerns about the Human rights promotion and protection in Cameroon’s ongoing Anglophone crisis. There is equally an urgent need for international attention and humanitarian intervention to prevent further atrocities.
