Boko Haram Crisis: More than 170.000 Displaced Cameroonians In The Far North Region

The ongoing Boko Haram incursions in the Far North Region of Cameroon has resulted in mass displacement of villagers in the boarder communities to Nigeria.

The number of displaced Cameroonians has now reached 170 000 persons, mostly from the localities of the three main departments affected by the incursions of Boko Haram - Mayo-Sava , Mayo Tsanaga , Logone and Chari.

These statistics were presented on Monday, April 4, 2016 , by the Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM ), for Western and Central Africa Richard Danziger , during an audience granted by the Prime Minister of Cameroon Philemon Yang in Yaounde.

The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria – now in its sixth year – has spilled over into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Militants have targeted civilians, razing villages and killing residents. An estimated 20,000 people have been killed, and more than 2 million displaced, according to U.N. figures.

Cameroonian troops have joined Nigerian soldiers this month in fresh operations to chase militants from remaining strongholds around Lake Chad and in the Sambisa forest in northeast Nigeria.