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Cameroon, stepping up its cooperation with Nigeria against the deadly Islamist campaign by Boko Haram insurgents, is working to rout them from a key stronghold in a remote northern border region.
Amchide, a city in the far north of Cameroon near the Nigerian town of Banki, has become a hotbed for fighters from the extremist group — one police officer estimates they account for 90 percent of the population.
“Amchide is Boko Haram’s local fiefdom,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Thierry Foumane, the regional commander of Cameroon’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), an elite army unit recently deployed to the remote area.
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Source: #PMNews
Amchide, a city in the far north of Cameroon near the Nigerian town of Banki, has become a hotbed for fighters from the extremist group — one police officer estimates they account for 90 percent of the population.
“Amchide is Boko Haram’s local fiefdom,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Thierry Foumane, the regional commander of Cameroon’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), an elite army unit recently deployed to the remote area.
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Source: #PMNews
