Cameroon to Redeploy Troops to CAR, Nigeria Border Amid Attacks

Cameroon's military plans to redeploy troops to its borders with Nigeria and the Central African Republic after an increase in attacks from militants and rebels, reports Moki Edwin Kindzeka for VOA.

The military said hundreds of Boko Haram fighters are hiding in the bush after an invasion of the Mayo Moskota district on the northern border with Nigeria. The Cameroon government reported several hundred homes were set on fire, leaving thousands homeless.

Cameroon's defense minister says President Paul Biya has ordered an emergency security meeting to examine ways of stopping the attacks. The military will be redeployed to new areas where separatists, terrorists, and rebels are attacking, and the government plans to train 3,000 fresh troops within the next 20 months.

Separatists have been fighting to carve out an independent English-speaking state from the French-majority nation since 2017.

This article originally appeared on AllAfrica.

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