Cameroon: After Boko Haram Terror, Cameroon's 'Ghost Towns' Come Back to Life

Despite the ongoing threat of suicide attacks, schools are reopening and trade is resuming. Cameroonians living close to the country's devastated northern border with Nigeria are determined for life to return to normal.

Hundreds of buyers and sellers are assembled at the Kolofata market, close to Cameroon's border with north-eastern Nigeria and a hotspot for cross-border trade. Livestock and cotton are destined for Nigerian markets while food products bought for resale at other markets in Cameroon.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.