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What do you think of President Paul Biya’s performance as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Cameroon in handling the war on Boko Haram terror?

A/ It shows that Biya is an efficient elderly statesman

B/ It can be seen as Biya is fighting to leave a rich legacy

C/ He is loved and respected by the Cameroon military and the Cameroonian people

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Ngwa Bertrand

22.Jan.2015

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Cameroonians and Nigerians resident in Canada staged a massive demo over the week end to show solidarity with their compatriots back home against the atrocities of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram. The event that was initiated to rally support for victims of Boko Haram attacks saw the participation of many Canadian citizens with the national flags of Nigeria and Cameroon floating all over the streets of Montreal.

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20.Jan.2015

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has denounced recent atrocities committed by Takfiri Boko Haram militants in Nigeria and neighboring countries in its first formal reaction to the extremist group. “The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the most recent escalation in attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram,” the world body said in a statement released on Monday.

Although the UNSC had previously criticized some of Boko Haram's brutal attacks, the statement ratified by all 15 members was its first formal response to the terrorist group's activities. The statement  went on to say, “The Security Council demands that Boko Haram immediately and unequivocally cease all hostilities and all abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and disarm and demobilize.”

The move came on the eve of a meeting which is set to be held in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Tuesday to discuss regional military operations against the militant group. Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009. Over 10,000 people have so far been killed in the assaults which have spread out to neighboring Chad and Cameroon.

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20.Jan.2015

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has denounced recent atrocities committed by Takfiri Boko Haram militants in Nigeria and neighboring countries in its first formal reaction to the extremist group. “The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the most recent escalation in attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram,” the world body said in a statement released on Monday.

Although the UNSC had previously criticized some of Boko Haram's brutal attacks, the statement ratified by all 15 members was its first formal response to the terrorist group's activities. The statement  went on to say, “The Security Council demands that Boko Haram immediately and unequivocally cease all hostilities and all abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and disarm and demobilize.”

The move came on the eve of a meeting which is set to be held in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Tuesday to discuss regional military operations against the militant group. Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009. Over 10,000 people have so far been killed in the assaults which have spread out to neighboring Chad and Cameroon.

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20.Jan.2015

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There were 50 children among some 80 people abducted by Boko Haram’s Takfiri militants in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon. Cameroon's Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary confirmed that three people were also killed in the Sunday attack, which targeted several villages including Mabass along the border with Nigeria.

“According to our initial information, around 30 adults, most of them herders, and 50 young girls and boys aged between 10 and 15 years were abducted," a senior army officer said. "They burnt to ashes almost 80 houses," he added. The abductions came a few days after Amnesty International released satellite images of the group’s assault on two towns in northern Nigeria.

Earlier on January 15, Cameroonian President Paul Biya announced that Chad would send military forces to help his government forces fight the Boko Haram militants. On January 12, the Cameroonian army killed 143 Boko Haram militants as they mounted an offensive on a military camp in the northern town of Kolofata, located approximately 840 kilometers (521 miles) northeast of the capital, Yaoundé. Cameroon also launched airstrikes against Boko Haram on December 28, after nearly 1,000 militants from the group assaulted a military camp located near the northern border. The Cameroonian troops in the camp were forced to flee although the base was retaken later.

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19.Jan.2015

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According to our military informant in Maroua, 24 people among the 80 taken hostage by Boko Haram in Mabass and Maksy during the attack in Mayo Tsanaga Division were released as a result of a military operation conducted by elements of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR).

This rescue operation is the largest conducted so far by Cameroon Special Forces against the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram in the Far North region ever since the conflict began with Cameroon. Cameroon government spokesman Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary confirmed our earlier report that 80 persons were seized in Mabass and Maksy among them 50 children.

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Ngwa Bertrand

19.Jan.2015

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