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| Cameroonian troops on deployment in fight against Boko Haram |
Six
U.S. armoured vehicles have been deployed in Cameroon to help the country fight
the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, a senior Cameroonian military officer
based in Maroua of the Far-North Region said on Monday.
The
vehicles have arrived in the country less than a week after U.S. President
Barack Obama announced a decision to send 300 troops, along with surveillance
drones to Cameroon in order to enhance the nation’s effort to counter the
terrorist group.
The
officer said some members of U.S. troops deployed in the Central African
Republic are also expected in the region, to train the Cameroon defence
forces on making good use of the armoured vehicles.
The
islamist Boko Haram sect has been using mostly young girls as suicide bombers in
the Far-North Region of Cameroon. Its many other attacks along the western
border of the country has also forced close to 200,000 farmers and business
operators to move further inland for peace and security.
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