Nigerian soldiers flee into Cameroon after Boko Haram clashes

Nearly 500 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon after severe clashes with Boko Haram fighters, according to Cameroon’s army.

Spokesman Lt Col Didier Badjek told the BBC that the soldiers have been disarmed and are being accommodated in schools in Maroua, around 80km from the Nigerian border.

Thousands of civilians are also thought to have crossed the border into Cameroon. Clashes are reported to be ongoing in the border town of Gamboru Ngala.

Boko Haram declared an Islamic caliphate in the areas it controls, in a video released on Sunday.

 


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