General No Pity

Biography Early life and taking up arms Clement Mbashie was an Anglophone Cameroonian born in Bambalang. In the late 2000s, he studied at the Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology Bambili, a secondary school in Mezam. He was forced to work part-time to pay for his education. After a first failure to achieve GCE Ordinary Level, he relocated to Buea where he became a doughnut and yogurt vendor while taking evening classes. His situation began to change as Buea became affected by the 2016–17 Cameroonian protests and the accompanying economic unrest, as Mbashie was laid off by his employer. By this point, he also had fathered a son.

On 31 July 2018, the mayor of Buea banned all motorcycling within the city due to security reasons. Mbashie was among the members of the taxi driver trade union who unsuccessfully protested against this decision. Without a job and perspectives, as well as angered over the negative impact of the Cameroonian state on his life, Mbashie returned to Bambalang and joined the separatist movement. By 2019, he served alongside the Seven Karta, a rebel group associated with the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council. He was not a full member of the militia, however, spending time with the Seven Karta to learn how to operate as a guerrilla.

Rebel commander At some point before or during 2020, he became the leader of the Bambalang Marine Forces and adopted his nom de guerre. General No Pity gained prominence as one of the Ambazonian military leaders who are most "wanted" by the Cameroonian security forces, Under his leadership, the militia carried out two successful raids into West Region throughout 2021. He also became part of the Ambazonia Restoration Forces (formerly the Ambazonia Self-Defence Council) which are loyal to the Interim Government of Ambazonia, one of the factions involved in the Ambazonian leadership crisis. Around mid-2021, his forces fought against Operation Bui Clean; this government offensive resulted in the demise of several separatist commanders. General No Pity was wounded, but survived the operation.

In September of that year, General No Pity and the Bambalang Marine Forces cooperated with the Jaguars of Bamessing to ambush a military convoy. The operation resulted in the death of 15 Cameroonian soldiers, the destruction of two armoured vehicles, and the capture of several guns by the rebels. General No Pity celebrated the success by filming himself and his fighters next to the burning vehicles. This ambush received national attention in Cameroon, and led to the government intensifying their manhunt for him. as well as chief commander of the Ambazonia Restoration Forces by the Cameroon Intelligence Report.

Meanwhile, the Cameroonian military launched operations to hunt him down, resulting clashes which left several Bambalang Marine Forces members dead. Security forces once again claimed to have killed General No Pity, only for him to resurface in Manyu. Eventually, Cameroonian security forces arrested Antoinette Kongnso, believed to be the pregnant girlfriend or ex-girlfriend of General No Pity. The separatist militant reportedly responded by kidnapping Fon Yekum Kelvin of Bambalang, and demanding that Kongnso and several of his imprisoned followers be freed in exchange for Kelvin. Kongnso was released on bail in December 2021. and considered part of the ADF, signifying General No Pity's realignment of loyalties. In the following month, the intra-rebel conflicts further escalated, as the Interim Government of Ambazonia splintered and its former followers began to fight each other. General Mad Dog began attacking Lekeaka Oliver's followers in Kumbo, In early August, General No Pity led an offensive against army camps in Oku. The attack was repelled and the separatist commander reportedly wounded in battle. Several members of his militia were killed; Bareta News went so far as to call this clash No Pity's "Waterloo". Following these events, General No Pity went off the radar for several months. On 28 January 2023, he resurfaced in a video where he said that "three truck loads" of soldiers had attacked his stronghold in Bambalang two days prior, only to be repelled with heavy losses.

In late May 2023, his brother Sylvester Mbashie surrendered to the government. In July 2023, Le Jour journalist Haman Mana and Ngo-Ketunjia prefect Quetong Anderson Kongeh supported the claim that General No Pity had been killed.

General No Pity was ultimately succeeded as leader of the Bambalang Marine Forces and Bui Unity Warriors by Henry Njimbogwe ("General No Mercy"); the latter was killed on 3 July 2026.