strikes against Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, after the group
overran a military base, and attacked five villages.
Army spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Didier Badjeck, confirmed that
about 1,000 militants attacked the villages, including Amchide, and
seized the nearby Achigachia military base, where they raised their
black flag.
He also confirmed the Cameroonian President, Paul Biya, had ordered
the Air Force to intervene, and force the militants out.
He said that the air strikes would be a lesson to Boko Haram that it
faced a hard reaction if it attacked Cameroon again, as the government
is determined to use all its capability to protect its territory.
Cameroon's Information Minister, Issa Bakary said that at least 34
militants were killed after the army raided one of their bases in
Cameroon, while another seven were killed in a separate clash which
also claimed the life of a soldier.
He said that the multiple attacks showed that Boko Haram had adopted a
new strategy aimed at "distracting Cameroonian troops on different
fronts, making them more vulnerable in the face of the mobility and
unpredictability of their attacks".
About a week before this, Cameroon said it had dismantled a Boko Haram
training camp on its territory, and had seized 84 children who were
being trained there.
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