Brigade d'intervention rapide (Cameroon)

A boat of the special amphibious battalion during the Obangame Express 2011 maneuver

The Brigade d'intervention rapide or BIR for short is a brigade of the Cameroonian Army . It was founded in 2001 and consists of three battalions . The brigade reports directly to the chef d'état-major des armées (chief of staff) and is based in Bafoussam . The brigade consists of three battalions, the battalion des troupes aéroportées (BTAP) from Koutaba , the battalion blindé de reconnaissance (BRR) from Douala and the battalion spécial amphibie (BSA) from Tiko . In November 2014, parts of the brigade crossed the border with Central Africa to fight anti-balaka groups with MINUSCA troops . Amnesty International accuses this BIR of murdering, shooting out of court and causing people to disappear in connection with the fight against Boko Haram . On July 17, 2017, a BIR boat sank near the village of Debunsha , West Coast Municipality , Fako . 34 soldiers are missing while three have been rescued.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Forces de defense: de nouvelles unités créées. In: Journal du Cameroun. June 26, 2015, accessed August 2, 2017 (French). 
2. ^ Forces de defense: de nouvelles unités créées. (No longer available online.) In: Journal Du Cameroun. June 26, 2015, archived from the original on July 28, 2015 ; Retrieved October 23, 2015 (French). 
3. ↑ CENTRAFRIQUE: COALITION CASQUES BLEUS CAMEROUNAIS ET LES ELEMENTS DE LA BRIGADE D'INTERVETION RAPIDE CAMEROUNAISE CONTRE LES CENTRAFRICAINS A LA FRONTIERE. In: CENTRAFRIQUE LIBRE. November 25, 2014, accessed October 23, 2015 (French). 
4. ↑ Le Rapport 2014/15 d'Amnesty International. Amnesty International, archived from the original on September 12, 2015 ; Retrieved October 23, 2015 (French). 
5. ↑ At least 30 missing after Cameroon army boat capsizes. In: Al Jazeera. July 17, 2017, accessed July 22, 2017 .