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Video: Boko Haram Seizes Army Base in Northeast NigeriaSecurity sources said on Sunday, Nigerian Islamist militants have overrun an army base in the remote northeastern town of Baga. Baga is notionally the headquarters of a multinational force comprising troops from Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, although only Nigerian troops are actually stationed ... Video: Cameroon Says Fights Off Boko Haram Attacks, Kills 41 MilitantsCameroon's government said, Cameroon's army killed at least 41 Islamist militants as it fought off a wave of attacks along its border with Nigeria over the weekend in an escalation in the conflict. Information Minister Issa Tchiroma added, the coordinated assaults on five towns and villages showed a... Video: Boko Haram Militants Stage Attacks in Northern CameroonSome 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria attacked five towns in northern Cameroon over the weekend and briefly occupied a military camp on Sunday before being removed by the air force, an army spokesman said. Islamist Boko Haram, which is fighting to create a caliphate in northern Niger... Video: Cameroon Army Says Dismantles Boko Haram Training CampCameroon's army said on Monday they had dismantled a training camp for the Boko Haram Islamist group, arresting or killing dozens of militants and seizing 84 children who were being trained there. Lieutenant Colonel Didier Badjeck, spokesman for Cameroon's Ministry of Defence, said local people in n... Video: Cameroon Army Kills 116 Boko Haram Militants, Defense Ministry SaysCameroon's army killed 116 Boko Haram militants on Wednesday when they attacked a base in the far north of the country. That's according to a defense ministry spokesman. There was no independent confirmation of the exchange. Video: France Tries to Rally Mistrustful African States Against Boko HaramFrance Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday, France will step in to help coordinate a regional taskforce against Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram, amid signs of mistrust among West African neighbors. Their operations have spilled over Nigeria's borders into Niger to the north and C... Video: Boko Haram Violence Ravages Northern Nigeria, Hurts CameroonThe death toll from a Friday attack at a mosque in northern Nigeria has risen into the dozens, with several hundred other people wounded. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which bears the marks of the terrorist group Boko Haram. VOA's Zlatica Hoke has more. Video: Cameroon Frees Central African Rebel Chief Miskine for HostagesA spokesman for rebel group Democratic Front of the Central African People said on Friday, Cameroonian authorities have freed a rebel leader from Central African Republic two days after a group of 26 hostages including a Polish Catholic priest were released by his faction. Lieutenant Leonard Kamdika... Video: Fear of Boko Haram takes toll on Cameroonian economyIn Maroua, northern Cameroon, the fight against Islamist group Boko Haram has shaken the economy of this town of 200,000 people. Duration: 02:07 Video: At Least Six Dead as Militias Fight U.N. in Central African RepublicTown residents and local journalist said on Thursday that at least six people were killed and around 10 were injured in western Central African Republic during clashes pitting Christian militia fighters against U.N. peacekeepers. Shooting erupted in Cantonnier, a town on the border with Cameroon aro... |