Authors : NforDelphine Mbongsi; Moh Celestine Pesetienga

Volume/Issue : Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 11 - November

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7315600

Abstract : - Armed conflicts and generalised violence have been at the forefront of internal displacements in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has witnessed a stable increase in internal displacements and untold sufferings in recent years. Cameroon has witnessed a continuous threat from the Boko Haram insurgency, insecurity in the East Region and the current Anglophone Crisis(socio-political) in the North West and South West Regions. The raging socio-political crisis rocking thesetwo regions since 2016 and countingis at the forefront of residential instability and mobility in Bamenda III Municipality. In order to correlate sociopolitical crisisand residential instability and mobility in Bamenda III Municipality, the study adopted the qualitative and quantitative methods of data sourcing for secondary and primary data procurement. Related literature was reviewed alongside oral histories captured through interviews, news outlets, informal discussions andfocus group discussions. Copies of the questionnaire were administered to 200 respondents (160 IDPs and 40 residents) and field observation constituted an integral part for data procurement.Results reveal thatinsecurity 98.75% (56.25% IDPs and 42.5% residents) is the main

Keywords : Internal displacement, IDPs, socio-political crisis, residential instability and mobility, Bamenda III municipality