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A feeling of misunderstanding has developed in Cameroon between President Biya and the Cameroonian people. This time around is over the publication of a condolence message from President Biya to the families of the victims of the Airbus A320 crash operated by Germanwings. President Biya published on his official face book page that, "I sent my condolences following the crash of the Airbus A320”

In response to this message of condolence, Cameroonian face book users reacted angrily demanding that their president addressed his condolences to the victims of Boko Haram atrocities in Fotokol and other parts of the country. "Our brothers and sisters who die in the Far North, really deserve sympathy," wrote one of them. "You're laughing at us Mr. CPDM Chairman. We want more job creation for young people that we are. So stop informing us about unnecessary things, "says another visitor.”Have you sent your condolences to the Cameroonians who died in an accident on the Ebolowa highway? "Asks another. However, some moderate users observed that the president has always sent condolences to all the unfortunate situations that occur in the world. To them, it is positive and real diplomacy.

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The Chadian president has lamented the lack of cooperation with the Nigerian authorities in the fight against the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram. In an interview with the newspaper Le Point, Chadian President Idriss Deby complained that Abuja has so far offered little cooperation in dealing with the Islamic militants, wondering over the absence of the Nigerian military at key points.

"We would have liked to have at least a Nigerian regiment fighting alongside the Chadian army”. Idriss Deby observed. The Chadian leader noted that Chad joined the anti-Boko Haram coalition following a specific request from the Nigerian government, “but for reasons unknown to us, so far we have not been able to work together. Some cities, we had to take them twice. We are forced to give up and Boko Haram returns, we must return ... This has a human and material cost, "he said. N'Djamena had deployed thousands of soldiers to fight in Nigeria. The republic of Chad is a chartered member in the anti-Boko Haram coalition.

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Around 100 bodies have been found near a town in Nigeria recently freed from Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists, says a Chadian army spokesman. Colonel Azem Bermandoa Agouna told AFP on Friday that soldiers discovered the bodies under a bridge on the edge of the town of Damasak, liberated by forces from Chad and Niger on March 9. Agouna, who said he himself visited the scene, stated that there were “about 100 bodies spread around under the bridge just outside the town", adding, "This is the work of Boko Haram."

The colonel said some of the victims had been beheaded and some others shot. "There are heads here and bodies there, the mass grave has become like a termite mound." Damasak fell to Boko Haram on November 24, when the terrorists killed around 50 people and forced another 3,000 to escape. The town was retaken one day after Chad and Niger launched "Operation Mai Dounama,” a vast air and ground offensive in an effort to destroy the Takfiri group’s bases near the two countries.

Details: Ngwa Bertrand; 21.Mar.2015; Hits: 645

A top UN official says the rise in militancy in northeastern Nigeria has caused a tremendous amount of suffering, misery and hardship in the region. UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Piper said the problems range from food shortages to family units torn apart by relentless attacks by the militants, namely the Boko Haram group. A recent survey of displaced children around Maiduguri, the capital of the northeastern Borno State, showed over 35 percent of the children were acutely malnourished, said the official, describing the figure as "very, very high."

The impact of Boko Haram fighting and violence has caused the humanitarian situation in the area to deteriorate rapidly, particularly over the past year. Reports say millions of farmers have practically lost access to their farms, causing a surging food crisis in the country. At the same time, the dire food situation has led to a huge rise in acute malnutrition, in some cases causing irreparable damage to children’s health and even death.

Boko Haram militants are the terrorist group in control of some parts of northeastern Nigeria. The Takfiri group has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks and abductions (most notably of school girls) since the beginning of its criminal activities in 2009. The extremist group’s reign of terror has left over 13,000 people dead and at least 1.5 million displaced. The group has also declared allegiance to the ISIL Takfiri militants which is currently wreaking havoc in areas under terrorists control in Iraq and Syria.

Nigerian troops with the help of military forces from neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger, have started a joint operation targeting the militant group. They say they have made major progress against the terrorists in past weeks and have recaptured many towns held by the terrorists, bringing closer the end of the militants’ deadly campaign in the region.

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The Takfiri Boko Haram militants have attacked a town in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno near the border with Cameroon, killing nearly a dozen people. The killings took place after hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists stormed the town of Gamboru, located some 700 kilometers (434 miles) north of the capital, Abuja, following the withdrawal of about 2,500 Chadian troops from the Nigerian territory last week. “Boko Haram gunmen returned on motorcycles to Gamboru yesterday (Wednesday)... and shot dead eight people,” Mudi Dankaka, a local of the nearby Cameroonian town of Fotokol, said. He added that three more people were killed on Thursday. Another Fotokol resident, Umar Ari, said Nigerian forces have not been spotted in Gamboru, leaving the area exposed and with no security presence since the Chadian troops’ pullback. Boko Haram Takfiris had earlier massacred dozens of women in Bama – a city of about 200,000 people located just 75 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of Borno state’s capital, Maiduguri.

Nigeria’s states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe have been the scene of six years of Boko Haram violence, which has claimed over 13,000 lives and displaced a further 1.5 million people since 2009. In May 2013, all the three states were put on a state of emergency while troops and civilian forces pushed the militants out of the urban centers into remote rural areas. In November 2014, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan tried to extend the state of emergency for a third time but the country’s parliament blocked the move. On 7 March, Abubakar Shekau – the leader of the feared Nigerian terrorist group, Boko Haram, opened a new page in the history of the group when he announced his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed ‘caliph’ and leader of the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL). Al-Baghdadi’s acceptance of Shekau’s bay’ah, or pledge of allegiance, has formalised the alliance between two of the world’s most ruthless terrorist organisations. Boko Haram joins a growing number of extremist groups in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia that have since the beginning of 2014 voluntarily given up their independence by proclaiming the supreme authority of ISIS. Shekau, however, is known for his uncompromising views, raising questions as to how he would respond to orders from al-Baghdadi. The practice of giving bay’ah has become common among African terrorist groups and is often mistaken to be a sign of weakness or imminent demise. Many factors – including strategic, organisational, leadership and ideological reasons – may account for a group’s decision to pledge loyalty to another.

Details: Ngwa Bertrand; 20.Mar.2015; Hits: 483

Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have reportedly slaughtered dozens of women who had been forced to marry the Takfiri terrorists, before the start of a battle in the country’s northeast. The women were killed after the militants received word of an attack by Nigerian army forces on the town of Bama in the state of Borno, local sources said on Thursday. The APC and its Fulani candidate are maintaining a kind of deliberate silence on this very disturbing news. According to reports, the militants fled to the nearby town of Gwoza after killing the women. Reports indicate that the women were killed about 10 days before Bama was liberated by army forces on March 16. They were massacred after militants received orders from a top Boko Haram commander. Witnesses who were taken under military protection say the militants executed their “wives” in order to prevent them from remarrying. The Takfiri militants forcibly married scores of women in Bama after taking over the town last September. Over the past months, they killed a large number of the town’s population, forcing hundreds of residents to escape.

The states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe have been the core of six years of Boko Haram violence, which has claimed over 13,000 lives and displaced a further 1.5 million people since 2009. Earlier this month, The Nigerian army said it had managed to retake full control of the Adamawa from Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists. Boko Haram recently declared allegiance to the ISIL Takfiri group which is perpetrating heinous crimes against humanity in areas under its control in Iraq, Syria, and Libya.

Details: Ngwa Bertrand; 20.Mar.2015; Hits: 574

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