Violence in western Cameroun A brief Abstract, see French original:
The auto-proclamation of the Federal State of Ambazonia by Siséku Ayuk on 1 October, 2017 in the North-West and South-West Regions of Cameroon (Noso in French) may give rise to a secessionist terrorist insurgency in this part of the national territory. To face it, Cameroon will avoid entering a total or absolute war against the protagonists. It has chosen to invest in a proactive law and order policy. On that matter, its strategies and tactics were of a specific nature.
This paper attempts to theorize these strategies around the concept of ‘’cowboy security model’’. That concept is established around a systematic reading grid specific to the art of asymmetric wars, that is to say strategic intelligence in anti-terrorism, counterterrorism and secessionist counter-insurgency operations. Its empirical basis rests on the practical operationalization of Cameroon security forces strategies.