... 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...
fighters from neighbouring Nigeria as civilians flee myrmidon attacks and a Nigerian military offensive, seeking safety across the border in Cameroon.
According to report from the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, a rapid response military unit has also been deployed and beefed up in the northern regions while some tourist hotels now have armed guards.
"We have revised our security strategy. We have registered all expatriates and established police posts in areas where they work.
There are security control posts along the border to reduce illegal entry," said Bob-Iga Emmanuel, the head of police division at the governor's office in the Far North region.
However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
the authorities admit that it is impossible to completely secure Cameroon's longest border. There are also similar ethnic communities in Cameroon's Far North and North Eastern Nigeria who have family on either side of the border, speak the same language and share common culture, making undetected cross-border movement easy.
"Our main challenge is safeguarding our borders so that we don't import the Boko Haram problem," said Albert Sidi, who is in charge of economic, social and cultural affairs at the Far North governor's office.
Security collaboration
Meanwhile,
...back at the wine tasting, Vince was about to start tasting his third quart...
Nigerian President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
has urged Cameroon to help in combating Boko Haram bully boys, who have been driven out of the main cities in North Eastern Nigeria. The two countries have since agreed to conduct separate but coordinated border patrols.
The Supervising Minster for Defence and Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku disclosed in a radio programme, on Saturday that the recent attackers on Bama in Borno State came from across the border of Cameroun.
Emmanuel said there had been a rise in arms trafficking from Chad into northern Nigeria and "many people have been enjugged
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
with guns", but did not provide any figures.
The abduction of Frenchies in Cameroon in 2013 underscored the widening threat of gunnies linked to the Boko Haram jihadist group in Nigeria, prompting Cameroon to ramp up security. The kidnapping of a French priest in November 2013 is thought to have benefited from collusion by some local individuals.