What can I say, though I believe that this madness can be stopped.................
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
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By By Tansa Musa 2 hours ago
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
Boko Haram kidnaps wife of Cameroon's vice PM, kills at least three
By By Tansa Musa 2 hours ago Wochit
Boko Haram Clashes With Cameroon Soldiers In Cross-border Attacks
By Tansa Musa
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Nigerian Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister and killed at least three people on Sunday in a cross-border attack involving more than 200 assailants in the northern town of Kolofata, Cameroon officials said.
A local religious leader, or lamido, named Seini Boukar Lamine, who is also the town's mayor, and five members of his family were also kidnapped in a separate attack on his home.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Boko Haram, an Islamist group which made international headlines with the abduction of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks. Cameroon has deployed troops to its northern region, joining international efforts to combat the militants.
"I can confirm that the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali in Kolofata came under a savage attack from Boko Haram militants," government spokesman Issa Tchiroma, who is also communications minister, told Reuters by telephone.
"They unfortunately took away his wife. They also attacked the Lamido's residence and he was also kidnapped," he said, adding that at least three people were killed in the attack.
"UNQUALIFIED VIOLENCE"
Tchiroma told a press conference later on Sunday that the Cameroonian army had taken the town of Kolofata back under control after repulsing the militants, who he said had used "brutal and unqualified violence".
"We do not have all the facts in order to give full information on the exact circumstances and the victim toll of this attack," Tchiroma said on state television.
A Cameroon military commander in the region told Reuters security officials had taken the vice prime minister away to a neighboring town. He had been at home to celebrate the Muslim feast of Ramadan with his family when the attack happened.
The Sunday attack is the third Boko Haram attack in Cameroon since Friday. At least four soldiers were killed in the two previous attacks.
On Friday, some 22 suspected Boko Haram militants who had been held in Cameroon's northern hub of Maroua since March were sentenced to prison sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years. It was not immediately clear whether the attacks were related to the sentencing of the militants.
Boko Haram have killed hundreds of people this year, mostly in northeastern Nigeria, although they have bombed places across the country.
The group rejects Western-style education and is trying to carve out a de facto Islamic state in northern Nigeria. On Sunday, a bomb attack on a Catholic church in northern Nigeria's main city of Kano killed five people and wounded eight, a senior police officer said. Christian churches have been a favorite target for the militants.
The attacker threw the bomb at worshippers on their way out of the church, police commissioner Adenrele Shinaba told Reuters. Police cordoned off the scene.
In a separate incident, a female suicide bomber tried to attack police officers on the streets. She killed herself but only wounded two of the officers, Shinaba said.
(Additional reporting by Bate Felix in Dakar, Tim Cocks in Lagos and Nneluke Ikemfuna in Kano; Editing by Gareth Jones)
COMMENTS:
Pax Romana 6 hours ago
Nigeria seems to be digging a bigger hole everyday. On one hand, there's a cohesive dedicated extremist religious group that are organized to terrorize and preparing to take over the country. The Nigerian government on the other hand, is so corrupt that no one's working unless they are paid... In any form possible. Just how are the Nigerian government going to fight with zero morality on their own side? Rotten from within. Whose going to win?
Honore 7 hours ago
Unless and until the countries of Africa act united to rid the world of this scourge, their killing ways will not end.
[Old Gringo]
Old Gringo 6 hours ago
This is pathetic. . . .
[Mr.]
Mr. 3 hours ago
Only one way forward with each member of this group: Termination With Extreme Prejudice.
[KEN]
KEN 1 hour ago
Cameroon should execute all Boko Haram on the spot! No prison sentences! Do you think Boko Haram uses prisons? Heck, no! They kill you or hold you for ransom if you are very lucky and wealthy. Cameroon needs to coordinate with Chad and Nigeria and combine forces to eliminate Boko Haram swiftly! No matter the cost, put whatever resources you have into this effort, because Boko Haram is Public Enemy Number One!
[Drake]
Drake 1 hour ago
The joke is turning to reality in west Africa.
How in the world a group like this is able to get access to prime ministers home?
[Steve]
Steve 3 hours ago
The French have a huge problem, both at home and in former colonies, with Muslim extremists. It's only going to get worse, and I'm not sure that there is an immediate solution.
[Ingleside]
Ingleside 1 hour ago
Whats going on with their military? What a bunch of misfits to be out smarted and out matched by a bunch of criminals.
[Releasethekrakken]
Releasethekrakken 1 hour ago
I hope he gets Ebola and gives it to all his men who then spread it to all of Al Queada and the rest of the radical muslims and they all parish. Right before we find the cure.
[A Yahoo User]
A Yahoo User 51 minutes ago
Too bad we can't stop these Muslims from breeding and replicating!
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