ICC Note: Voice of America is reporting a joint operation of Nigerian and Cameroonian military forces has liberated the Nigerian town of Kumahe near the border between the two countries, killing around 100 Boko Haram fighters. The past few weeks have seen several successes with an estimaged more than 500 hostages freed from the clutches of the Islamist terror group. Boko Haram has served as the most deadly threat to the persecuted Church in the region since the beginning of their bloody insurgency in the north of Nigeria in 2009, but have recently opened up guerrilla attacks targeting the more general population.

2/29/16 Cameroon (VOA News) – Cameroon’s military said Saturday that its forces had freed several hundred hostages and killed about 100 Boko Haram militants in a joint operation with Nigerian troops.

Military commanders said the combined force also had liberated the northeastern Nigerian town of Kumahe, near the Cameroonian border, during a three-day operation against the militant group.

The Reuters news agency quoted Cameroonian Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary as saying two Cameroon soldiers had been killed and five others wounded.

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