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Manu Dibango, the world's famous saxophonist has responded to the series of suicide bombings that killed many people in the Far North Region of Cameroon precisely in Fotokol and Maroua. The renowned Cameroonian observed via his face book page that he was very devastated by the terror attacks carried out  on "our compatriots of the Far North of Cameroon." 

Grand Manu called on Cameroonians not to surrender to terrorism and barbarism. He made a passionate appeal to all Cameroonians to remain vigilant and united. The three suicide attacks attributed to Boko Haram in the Far North Region claimed the lives of more than 40 and injured dozens within two weeks. The entire Cameroon is on high alert and security measures have been reinforced in all regions of the country.

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05.Aug.2015

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More than a dozen people were killed in the night of Tuesday, several others abducted and houses burned in the town of Tchakarmari in the Far North region of Cameroon by fighters of the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Cameroon Concord's military informant who confirmed the news late last night added that more than a hundred others remain unaccounted for following a deadly raid attributed to suspected Boko Haram militants.Tchakamari is a town located in the Mayo-Sava Division in the  Far North region. 

Cameroon military sources also revealed that 11-members of the neighborhood watch committee were killed by the Boko Haram militia. A Cameroon army source who sued for anonymity hinted that "110 people are still not found, dozens of houses and shops were burned and looted." The CPDM government has not yet confirmed the attack and  at his press conference on Tuesday on the security situation of the country, Issa Bakary Tchiroma did not address the Tchakamari incident.

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05.Aug.2015

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Manu Dibango, the world's famous saxophonist has responded to the series of suicide bombings that killed many people in the Far North Region of Cameroon precisely in Fotokol and Maroua. The renowned Cameroonian observed via his face book page that he was very devastated by the terror attacks carried out  on "our compatriots of the Far North of Cameroon." 

Grand Manu called on Cameroonians not to surrender to terrorism and barbarism. He made a passionate appeal to all Cameroonians to remain vigilant and united. The three suicide attacks attributed to Boko Haram in the Far North Region claimed the lives of more than 40 and injured dozens within two weeks. The entire Cameroon is on high alert and security measures have been reinforced in all regions of the country.

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05.Aug.2015

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The Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram has released a new video without its leader Abubakar Shekau fueling speculation about his fate. In the eight-minute video, an unidentified young man speaks on behalf of the Islamic state in West Africa saying "We are always present everywhere and where we had been before." 

The video also shows an attack on a security checkpoint by Boko Haram militants, seizing weapons, and cutting the throat of a policeman. The last appearance of the mad leader, Shekau dates back in March 2014 when he announced Boko Haram's allegiance to the Islamic State group. Ever since the inauguration of Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari, Boko Haram has multiplied its murderous attacks that has claimed the lives of more than 800 in two months.

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04.Aug.2015

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Nigeria's army said late on Sunday that it rescued 178 people held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria's Borno state, the heartland of the insurgency. Spokesman Colonel Tukur Gusau said in an emailed statement that 101 of the those freed were children, 67 were women and the rest were men. He added that a Boko Haram commander had also been captured and several militant camps were cleared around the town of Bama, about 70 km southeast of the state capital Maiduguri.

Boko Haram has been waging a six-year insurgency in the northeast of Africa's biggest economy in an attempt to establish an Islamist state adhering to strict sharia law.Nigeria's airforce also said that it helped ground troops repel an attack by Boko Haram around the village of Bitta on the southern edge of the Sambisa forest reserve, a stronghold of the militant group. Bitta is also west of Gwoza, a town near the Cameroonian border that was believed to be the militants' headquarters until a major offensive was launched earlier this year by combined Nigeria, Nigerien and Chadian forces. 

Boko Haram was pushed out of most of the vast swathes of territory it controlled at the start of the year but they have dispersed and returned to their guerrilla tactics of hitting soft targets with bombs and raiding towns.President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to crush the group and a multi-national joint taskforce made of 8,700 troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin is being set up in the Chadian capital N'Djamena to tackle Boko Haram.The force was supposed to start operations on July 31 but has been dogged by a lack of funding and political will.Buhari visited Cameroon this past week in an effort to smooth over differences over cross-border pursuit and then to Benin.

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03.Aug.2015

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A new head of the multinational force on Boko Haram has been appointed. The appointment was necessary because the former head, Brig-Gen. T. Y. Buratai, was appointed as the Chief of Army Staff by President Muhammadu Buhari. The new commander, Major General Iliya Abbah, previously headed military operations in the Niger Delta, according to a military spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade.

The Multi-National Joint Task Force, made up of 8,700 troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin, is expected to be more effective than a current alliance in the battle to end Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency, which has claimed some 15,000 lives. Until his appointment, Abbah, a Muslim from northern Nigeria, served as the military secretary in the army, Olukolade added. In that post, he was responsible for promotions, postings and retirements. 

The officer, who was seen Thursday at a military ceremony in the capital Abuja, had also been part of Nigeria’s contingent to peacekeeping operations in Sudan’s troubled western Darfur region, one of his close friends told AFP. The military spokesman had said Tuesday that the new regional force was expected to go into action “any moment from now”, but did not specify when. Boko Haram has stepped up its attacks since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May, unleashing a wave of violence that has claimed 800 lives in just two months.The regional task force will be headquartered in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, but few other specific details have emerged, raising concerns that its deployment may face delays.

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03.Aug.2015

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