EXTREME NORTH: TWO SOLDIAS DIE AND THREE WOUNDED FROM BOKO HARAM ATTACK

ByPeter Tambe

Oct 9, 2024

An image grab made on October 31, 2014 from a video obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau (C) delivering a speech. Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on October 31 by AFP, describing the Nigerian government claims as a lie and apparently ruling out future talks. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, also claimed the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote northeast town of Chibok, in Borno state, in April had converted to Islam and been married off. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =

An explosion attributed to the Boko Haram Islamic sect in Karawa in the Extreme North Region of Cameroon has killed two soldiers of the Cameroon army and wounded three others . The incident is reported to have happened when the vehicle of the Mix Multinational Forces stumbled on a land mind that exploded instantaneously. The brave military men were doing their routine check in the Mayo Sava Division near the Cameroon Nigeria borders

The Mixed Multinational Force that is made up of Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Chad and even Benin soldiers was created to fight against the deadly Boko Haram Islamic sect in the frontiers. It is important to note that the extreme north of Cameroon is prone to constant Boko Haram attacks.

The Islamic sect was created in Nigeria by late Mohamed Usuf in 2002 in Maduguri Nigeria. The group which is Sunnite is preaching Islamic jihad and forbids western education and ideology, and governs by sharia law. It counts between 6000 to 30 000 members in its rangs.