CAMEROON: 5,000 freed from Boko Haram

More than 5,000 people, including women and children, have been freed from extremist captivity and at least 60 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by Cameroon and Nigerian soldiers in operations since the end of January, a government spokesman says. They have been transported to a camp for internally displaced people in the Nigerian town […]

More than 5,000 people, including women and children, have been freed from extremist captivity and at least 60 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by Cameroon and Nigerian soldiers in operations since the end of January, a government spokesman says.
They have been transported to a camp for internally displaced people in the Nigerian town of Banki, AP news agency quoted Issa Tchiroma Bakary as saying.
Thousands of Cameroonian soldiers, supported by Nigerian troops, have been launching raids on Boko Haram strongholds in the Mandara mountains that straddle the two countries since 26 January.
“At least 60 terrorists were killed, 21 suspects were arrested and are helping Cameroon and Nigerian military in their investigations. A refuge center for the insurgents is entirely destroyed on the Mandara highlands, a petroleum depot destroyed and an explosive factory destroyed,” he said.