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Individual Countries’ Response to Boko Haram

Individual Countries’ Response to Boko Haram Cameroon In recent weeks, the reach of Boko Haram has extended beyond the northeastern Nigerian and the Cameroonian border regions further into Cameroon itself, with a spate of suicide bombings in crowded, public places. The Cameroonian government responded by tightening security, banning burkas and other full‐face veils as well as introducing curfews and checkpoint searches of vehicles and baggage. On August 3rd authorities confiscated 600 Islamic veils in the border city of Kousseri, across the Chari River from the Chadian capital N'Djamena. Motorcycles – the jihadists’ favoured form of transport – were also banned in the town's markets. Yaounde has announced it is sending 2,000 more soldiers to the Far North, where locals are feeling increasingly threatened. Security has been tightened repeatedly in Maroua, the main town in the Far North. Bus terminals catering for southern destinations, notably big cities like Douala and the capital Yaounde, are closely watched. Passengers are always frisked as they board their coaches. In Yaounde, police and troops are omnipresent. Cameroon has sealed parts of its long river border with Nigeria and prohibited travel from dusk to dawn. Governors from areas sharing a border with Nigeria have expelled about 200 Chadians and arrested hundreds of people said to have Boko Haram sympathies. Nigerian authorities said on the 5th that more than 1,000 nationals had returned home after being deported from northern Cameroon. The previous week, local sources said Yaounde had deported more than 2,000 Nigerians living illegally in the north. Nigerian officials put the number far higher, saying that around 12,000 people had already been expelled, with the number expected to rise to 17,000. Terrorist incidents in Cameroon in August included: 4th: Boko Haram raiders kidnap 135 villagers and kill eight others in a pre‐dawn strike in the village of Chakamari in the Far North. 10th: One Cameroonian soldier is killed and two others injured in an attack at Achigachia in the Far North Region. 12th: Entering almost silently using horses and bicycles, suspected Boko Haram militants kill five villagers and a soldier in the village of Lame, near Fotokol (Far North). Chad Chad has beefed up security in response to recent Boko Haram bloodshed. At the end of July the army launched a “major operation” to flush out jihadists from islands in Lake Chad. At least 100 jihadist fighters were killed in an operation against Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said on July 31st. Two Chadian soldiers died and two others were wounded. On August 11th President Idriss Deby declared that efforts to combat Boko Haram had succeeded in “decapitating” the group and would be wrapped up “by the end of the year”. On August 25th Boko Haram militants staged a failed suicide bombing at the Kaiga Ngouboua military base but were pushed back by guards. Two suspected Boko Haram members blew themselves up on the island of Kaiga‐Ngouboua on Lake Chad while being pursued by the Chadian army. Ten alleged members of Boko Haram were executed by firing squad on August 29th, a day after being found guilty of a double suicide killing that left 38 people dead in the capital N'Djamena. Their trial was the first of presumed members of the Islamist group. The defendants were accused of criminal conspiracy, killings, wilful destruction with explosives, fraud, illegal possessions of arms and ammunition, as well as using psychotropic substances. Amnesty International deplored the decision saying one cannot fight the Islamic State in West Africa by using the same methods as their fighters. Niger To prevent further attacks, the authorities have implemented a number of security measures. As well as banning women from wearing burqas in public, officials in Diffa (south east, near Niger's border with Nigeria) have imposed a night‐time curfew and extended a February ban on motorcycles. Speaking to French daily Le Figaro , the mayor, Hankouraou Biri‐Kassoumdoes, said that only army vehicles would be allowed to circulate after 10pm. An estimated 150,000 people have fled to Diffa to escape Boko Haram violence in the past to years. “The multinational joint force will eradicate… the blind terrorism of Boko Haram,” Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said in a televised speech on August 2nd. On August 25th suspected Boko Haram militants raided the village of Abadam in the Diffa region, killing three people including a soldier. (agencies) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Cameroon In recent weeks, the reach of Boko Haram has extended beyond the northeastern Nigerian and the Cameroonian border regions further into Cameroon itself, with a spate of suicide bombings in crowded, public places. The Cameroonian government responded by tightening security, banning burkas and other full‐face veils as well as introducing curfews and checkpoint searches of vehicles and baggage. On August 3rd authorities confiscated 600 Islamic veils in the border city of Kousseri, across the Chari River from the Chadian capital N'Djamena. Motorcycles – the jihadists’ favoured form of transport – were also banned in the town's markets. Yaounde has announced it is sending 2,000 more soldiers to the Far North, where locals are feeling increasingly threatened. Security has been tightened repeatedly in Maroua, the main town in the Far North. Bus terminals catering for southern destinations, notably big cities like Douala and the capital Yaounde, are closely watched. Passengers are always frisked as they board their coaches. In Yaounde, police and troops are omnipresent. Cameroon has sealed parts of its long river border with Nigeria and prohibited travel from dusk to dawn. Governors from areas sharing a border with Nigeria have expelled about 200 Chadians and arrested hundreds of people said to have Boko Haram sympathies. Nigerian authorities said on the 5th that more than 1,000 nationals had returned home after being deported from northern Cameroon. The previous week, local sources said Yaounde had deported more than 2,000 Nigerians living illegally in the north. Nigerian officials put the number far higher, saying that around 12,000 people had already been expelled, with the number expected to rise to 17,000. Terrorist incidents in Cameroon in August included: 4th: Boko Haram raiders kidnap 135 villagers and kill eight others in a pre‐dawn strike in the village of Chakamari in the Far North. 10th: One Cameroonian soldier is killed and two others injured in an attack at Achigachia in the Far North Region. 12th: Entering almost silently using horses and bicycles, suspected Boko Haram militants kill five villagers and a soldier in the village of Lame, near Fotokol (Far North). Chad Chad has beefed up security in response to recent Boko Haram bloodshed. At the end of July the army launched a “major operation” to flush out jihadists from islands in Lake Chad. At least 100 jihadist fighters were killed in an operation against Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said on July 31st. Two Chadian soldiers died and two others were wounded. On August 11th President Idriss Deby declared that efforts to combat Boko Haram had succeeded in “decapitating” the group and would be wrapped up “by the end of the year”. On August 25th Boko Haram militants staged a failed suicide bombing at the Kaiga Ngouboua military base but were pushed back by guards. Two suspected Boko Haram members blew themselves up on the island of Kaiga‐Ngouboua on Lake Chad while being pursued by the Chadian army. Ten alleged members of Boko Haram were executed by firing squad on August 29th, a day after being found guilty of a double suicide killing that left 38 people dead in the capital N'Djamena. Their trial was the first of presumed members of the Islamist group. The defendants were accused of criminal conspiracy, killings, wilful destruction with explosives, fraud, illegal possessions of arms and ammunition, as well as using psychotropic substances. Amnesty International deplored the decision saying one cannot fight the Islamic State in West Africa by using the same methods as their fighters. Niger To prevent further attacks, the authorities have implemented a number of security measures. As well as banning women from wearing burqas in public, officials in Diffa (south east, near Niger's border with Nigeria) have imposed a night‐time curfew and extended a February ban on motorcycles. Speaking to French daily Le Figaro , the mayor, Hankouraou Biri‐Kassoumdoes, said that only army vehicles would be allowed to circulate after 10pm. An estimated 150,000 people have fled to Diffa to escape Boko Haram violence in the past to years. “The multinational joint force will eradicate… the blind terrorism of Boko Haram,” Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said in a televised speech on August 2nd. On August 25th suspected Boko Haram militants raided the village of Abadam in the Diffa region, killing three people including a soldier. (agencies)

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