Cameroonian Minister's Wife Kidnapped in Suspected Boko Haram Attack

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped the wife of a senior Cameroonian minister in an attack that killed several other people. The militant group has stepped up cross-border violence in Cameroon in recent weeks.

The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister, Amadou Ali, was kidnapped and at least three other people were killed on Sunday in an attack in the northern town of Kolofata, Cameroonian officials said.

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