Tag: Maroua

Boko Haram: 381 killed in Nigeria and Cameroon since April

September 5, 2017 Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Far North, Lake Chad, Maroua, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria and Cameroon have claimed the lives of at least 381 civilians in the five months since the start of April 2017, with casualties more than double the previous five months, says Amnesty International in a new report. The radical Islamist group had . . . Read More

Christian and Muslim leaders call for peace in Cameroon

February 4, 2016 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Maroua, Nigeria

Christian and Muslim leaders in northern Cameroon have reiterated their call for tolerance and peace in the face of a surge of terror attacks by the Nigerian radical Islamic group Boko Haram. On 21 Jan., several prominent religious leaders gathered in the town of Mora to discuss peaceful coexistence. The . . . Read More

Boko Haram attacks intensify in Nigeria & Cameroon

August 2, 2015 Adamawa, Benin, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, IDPs, Kidnapping, Maroua, Muhammadu Buhari, N'Djamena, Niger, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Refugees, West Africa

On 25 July, 20 people were killed when a 12-year-old girl blew herself up in a crowded bar in Maroua, northern Cameroon.World Watch Monitor The radical Islamist group Boko Haram has intensified its suicide bombing attacks in northern Nigeria and Cameroon in recent weeks. On Friday (31 July) a . . . Read More

Cameroon’s churches struggle to cope with Boko Haram spillover

September 8, 2014 Cameroon Boko Haram, Far North, IDPs, Maroua, Refugees

The United Nations camp for Nigerian refugees in Mokolo, norhtern Cameroon, in July.World Watch Monitor Northern Cameroon is more than ever in the sights of Boko Haram, as details of atrocities committed by the radical Islamic sect from neighboring Nigeria continue to emerge. The militant sect, which now controls . . . Read More

Cameroon pastor among 25 killed as Deputy Prime Minister’s wife kidnapped

August 4, 2014 Cameroon Adamawa, Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Far North, Kidnapping, Maroua, Nigeria, Ramadan, Yaoundé

At least 25 people were killed in Cameroon, among them a church leader, as militants carried out two attacks in the far north of Cameroon at the end of July. In one attack in the town of Kolofata, the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister and her maid were kidnapped, . . . Read More

Christian and Muslim clerics pledge to tackle insecurity in N. Cameroon

May 3, 2014 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Georges Vandenbeusch, Maroua

About 40 Christian and Muslim leaders met in Maraoua, Cameroon on April 23-24, to promote a culture of peace and tolerance between members of different religious communities.World Watch Monitor The focus of the search for the missing Nigerian girls has moved across the Nigerian borders – to Cameroon and . . . Read More

Canadian nun and two priests abducted in Cameroon

April 10, 2014 Cameroon Boko Haram, Catholics, Far North, Georges Vandenbeusch, Maroua, Nigeria

The two priests Giampaolo Marta, 47, and Gianantonio Allegri, 57, in a classroom.Courtesy of Vicenza Diocese, Italy A Canadian nun and two Italian priests have been kidnapped by armed men in northern Cameroon, a region which serves as a base for Nigeria’s radical Islamist group Boko Haram. The Canadian . . . Read More

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