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Living in ‘total fear’ of Boko Haram in Cameroon’s north

AMCHIDE Cameroon (Reuters) – An iron bar balanced between two metal poles is the only barrier between Cameroon and Nigeria in this dusty corner of the Sahel.

Children playing games skip around it. Inhabitants on either side greet each other and share jokes in the same language. The currencies of either country are accepted in markets as worried residents stock up on supplies.

As the threat of Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant group increasingly looms over Cameroon, its government has dispatched over 1,000 troops and heavy armour to the north…

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