Cameroon joins fight against Boko
Haram May 27 17:00 2014
On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe State,
Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle against the
insurgents. Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as
confirming the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with
Nigeria. The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a
summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko Haram threat,
which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa. The northern part of
Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks. “Their mission will be to carry
out reconnaissance and be ready to respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel
Didier Badjeck told Reuters. Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing
enough to flush out the militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian
border, smuggling weapons into the country from there. On Tuesday, Boko Haram
attacked a Nigerian military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi, the same
Yobe town where it killed 59 male students and abducted 16 female students of
Federal Government College last February. The group went on to kidnap over 300
girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month,
in a saga that drew global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still
with the group, as 53 escaped. Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack,
the militants arrived in an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks
before dismounting and firing into the air. At least 11 soldiers and 14
policeman were reported killed. They burnt the police barracks, the army base,
the high court and the residence of the district head.
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On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe
State, Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle
against the insurgents.
Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming
the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with
Nigeria.
The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a
summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko
Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa.
The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks.
“Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to
respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters.
Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the
militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling
weapons into the country from there.
On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police
barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male
students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College
last February.
The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew
global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group,
as 53 escaped.
Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in
an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting
and firing into the air.
At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed.
They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the
residence of the district head.
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On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe
State, Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle
against the insurgents.
Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming
the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with
Nigeria.
The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a
summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko
Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa.
The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks.
“Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to
respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters.
Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the
militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling
weapons into the country from there.
On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police
barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male
students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College
last February.
The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew
global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group,
as 53 escaped.
Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in
an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting
and firing into the air.
At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed.
They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the
residence of the district head.
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On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe
State, Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle
against the insurgents.
Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming
the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with
Nigeria.
The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a
summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko
Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa.
The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks.
“Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to
respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters.
Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the
militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling
weapons into the country from there.
On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police
barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male
students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College
last February.
The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew
global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group,
as 53 escaped.
Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in
an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting
and firing into the air.
At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed.
They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the
residence of the district head.
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On a day Boko Haram
killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Cameroon has
deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle against the insurgents.
Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming
the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with
Nigeria.
The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a
summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko
Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa.
The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks.
“Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to
respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters.
Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the
militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling
weapons into the country from there.
On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police
barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male
students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College
last February.
The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew
global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group,
as 53 escaped.
Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in
an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting
and firing into the air.
At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed.
They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the
residence of the district head.
Copyright 2014 The Cable. Permission to use quotations from this article
is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.thecable.ng
as the source
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