Boko Haram Fighters Flee Cameroon After Attack

Cameroonian officials have confirmed that Boko Haram insurgents have been chased out of the country in a joint effort with forces from Chad.
The insurgents who attacked a town in the far north; Fotokol had retreated to Nigeria after at least 100 people were killed in the attack. Government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary made this announcement The Nation reports.

The terrorists have attacked a border town in Niger Republic, the second foreign country attacked by the group in one week.
The Boko Haram assault inside Cameroon marked an escalation in Boko Haram attack in the sub-region.
Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters responded by attacking Fotokol in Cameroon after being bombed out of several Nigerian towns, razing mosques and churches and warning Nigeria’s neighboring countries not to join the battle against their insurgency the Nation reports.
Last week, African leaders authorized a 7,500-strong force to fight the extremists, including pledges of troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin.
The Niger Republic attack came as regional leaders met for a second day in the Cameroonian capital to finalize plans for a coordinated military response to the terror group.
It has been reported that fighters of Boko Haram terror sect for the first time carried an attack in neighbours Niger town of Bosso just across the border from Nigeria