Cameroon’s army has killed at least 41 Islamist militants as it fought off a wave of attacks along its border with Nigeria in an escalation in the conflict, the government said.
The Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma, disclosed this in Yaoundé on Monday.
The Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma, disclosed this in Yaoundé on Monday.
The Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma, disclosed this in Yaoundé on Monday.
Tchiroma said that the coordinated assaults on five towns and villages showed a change in tactics by Nigerian Boko Haram fighters, who have focused on hit-and-run raids on individual settlements in the past.
“Boko Haram’s campaign to carve out an Islamist caliphate has spread from its stronghold in Northeast Nigeria to neighbouring Cameroon.
“Raising fears for an already unstable region also threatened by Islamist militants in the Sahel,’’ he said.
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