Cameroon prisons overcrowded with Boko Haram suspects

Yaounde – Cameroon officials say prisons are overcrowded with suspected Islamic extremists whose insurgency has spilled from Nigeria. Maroua Central Prison registrar Ngeh Emmanuel said on Thursday that 30 000 people have been detained in 25 prisons in Cameroon since May 2015. He says that number is up from 22 000 detained before. Emmanuel says…