By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon has expelled more than 3,000 Nigerians as part of the fight against Nigeria’s Islamic extremists who have launched attacks across borders, officials said Tuesday.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters disguised as refugees with explosives hidden in their luggage were arrested at a camp in northern Cameroon Monday, Cameroon’s government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said Tuesday.
Authorities have also arrested hundreds of other Cameroonians and Nigerians accused of collaborating with Boko Haram, said Midjiyawa Bakary, governor of Cameroon’s Far North region. Read full