Cameroon Concerned About Boko Haram Violence

Cameroon Concerned About Boko Haram Violence

Yaounde, Cameroon — Kidnappings, an influx of refugees and an increase fighting and criminal acts in Cameroon’s border communities have raised concerns about Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgency.

Cameroonians in northern communities that share a boundary with Nigeria’s Borno state, the base of the Boko Haram militant group, are worried the violent group has extended its reach into Cameroon.

Nurse Mary Nana, 31, told VOA she was preparing to leave the border locality of Fotokol after four Cameroonians were killed and some 3,000 Nigerians crossed over to her area following last week’s attack on a market by suspected Boko Haram members…

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