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Cameroon Asks for More Border Troops after New Boko Haram Attacks

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Officials in northern Cameroon have in a crisis meeting on Wednesday requested more troops from Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad to be deployed to their common border. The officials say several hundred heavily armed Islamist extremists have infiltrated the volatile Lake Chad region attacking, looting and causing panic. The Cameroon government says Boko Haram fighters crossed into the central African state from Nigeria on Sunday and Monday evening.

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Cameroon Asks for More Border Troops after New Boko Haram Attacks

Yaounde - Officials in northern Cameroon have in a crisis meeting on Wednesday requested more troops from Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad to be deployed to t

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Boko Haram: Far North Governor Asks for More Border Troops after New Attacks – Cameroon Concord News

Officials in northern Cameroon have in a crisis meeting on Wednesday requested more troops from Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad to be deployed to their common border after fresh Boko Haran attacks killed at least 12 people including six soldiers on Tuesday. The officials say several hundred heavily armed Islamist extremists have infiltrated the volatile Lake Chad region attacking, looting and causing panic. Cameroon military and government officials …

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