Boko Haram Militants Recruit Youths in Cameroon
Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has increased the recruitment of youths from the border regions of Cameroon, military sources say.
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Cameroon:
Boko Haram Violence Displaces 1.2 Million Nigerians
UNIRIN, 4 March 2015
More than 1.2 million people have been driven from their homes in northern Nigeria, the vast majority as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, according to the latest figures from… Read more »
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Cameroon:
How Boko Haram Brought Hunger to Northern Cameroon
UNIRIN, 28 January 2015
More than half a million people in Cameroon's Far North region are in need of urgent food aid, the government says, as attacks by militant group Boko Haram have forced farmers to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
B'haram Kidnaps 80 in Cameroun
Guardian, 18 January 2015
SUSPECTED Boko Haram Islamist fighters have kidnapped about 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon,… Read more »
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Boko Haram has led an attack on the border town of Fotokol in Cameroon, in retaliation for the joint offensive against them, led by the Nigerian army, Cameroon and Chad. Read more »
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The governments of Cameroon and Nigeria say they have joined forces to combat the extremist group, but their co-operation leaves a lot to be desired, with the Nigerian media ... Read more »
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Parliament has voted in a draft law proposing the death sentence for all those guilty of carrying out, abetting or sponsoring acts of terrorism. Read more »