Thousands of people marched in Cameroon's capital on Saturday to protest against Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency and support the Central African nation's army, which is fighting alongside regional neighbors to defeat the Islamist group.
The march in Yaounde was aimed at informing the public, especially in the southern regions, about the threat posed by Boko Haram, which has carried out regular cross-border raids in the far north, one of the organizers said.
Yaounde is located in the central region of the country.
"It was important to tell Cameroonians that we are at war and a part of the country is suffering," said Gubai Gatama, a newspaper editor who was among the march's organizers. "About 150,000 people have been displaced by the conflict."
In addition to its own citizens forced to flee the violence, thousands of refugees have poured into Cameroon from northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram is seeking to carve out an Islamist emirate.
"Some 170 schools in Cameroon's northern region have been closed," Gatama said.
Boko Haram's six-year insurgency in Nigeria has spread to neighboring countries, where the group has launched attacks over the past year, burning villages and kidnapping residents.
(Reuters)
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Nigerians never did this. I salute the people of Cameroun. #Never again!
ReplyDeleteNICE SHOW of SUPPORT. In NIGERIA the FOOLISH NORTHERNERS with some MISLEAD SOUTHERNERS e.g OBY EZEKWESILI are BUSY ORGANISING their mumu #BRINGBACK our GIRLS MARCH. CAMEROONIANS are showing them the right thing to do. Show SUPPORT for our MILITARY.
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ReplyDeleteCoward Nigerians can't protests for their right COs every body is ok.nobody wont to die.aka suffering and smiling
ReplyDeleteNigerians instead of supporting their Military denigrate it.
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