[AlAhram] Eight villagers in Cameroon...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
's Far North region were killed in a raid by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
that was followed by a gunbattle between holy warriors and security forces, a government official said on Thursday.
Boko Haram wants to create a caliphate under a strict version of Islamic law in adjacent northeastern Nigeria and has carried out raids into neighbouring countries.
"Wednesday's attacks killed eight and maimed nine," said Babila Akaou, prefect for the Mayo-Sava district, referring to the overnight assault in the village of Doulo. "For security forces and Boko Haram hard boys, we do not yet have a corpse count."
Boko Haram used Cameroon's north to stockpile supplies and recruits until a government crackdown last year, but the holy warriors have responded this year by ramping up attacks in the area.
Cameroon is part of an 8,700-strong regional force, led by Nigeria, preparing to fight the hard boys. The United States also announced it would be sending troops and drones to help the fight against Boko Haram.
In neighbouring Chad, ajacket wallah'>
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
on Thursday morning for plotting a kaboom on a border village near Lake Chad, a local government source said. Police were hunting for four other suspects, the source added.