Sunday, June 1

Just In: Cameroon kills 40 Boko Haram Islamist militants

Troops in Cameroon have killed around 40 Boko Haram Islamist militants in clashes in the far north of the country. According to state radio, the bloody skirmish took place on Sunday in the western town of Kousseri, in the region bor
dering Nigeria and Chad. Cameroon sent in 1,000 troops to the area last week, in response to criticism from Nigeria for not doing enough to fight Boko Haram gunmen. Nigeria’s head of counter-terrorism Sarkin-Yaki Bello accused neighbouring Cameroon of failing to make a serious effort to drive Boko Haram insurgents from its territory. Bello said regional efforts against the Islamist insurgency had improved over the years but more needed to be done. Members of a vigilante group of traditional hunters pose for a picture at their camp in Maiduguri.Reuters “Niger has been proactive and aggressive, Chad has shown zero tolerance for Boko Haram,” he told Reuters in an interview. “Cameroon, we’ve engaged them to be more pro-active. They haven’t really. Not yet.” Earlier on Sunday two Italian priests and a Canadian nun abducted by gunmen in northern Cameroon in April were freed. Source: naijamayor

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