Cameroon shut down the biggest cattle market in the Far North region because suspected Boko Haram militants have been seen trading stolen livestock to finance weapons and food. Four people were killed and two seriously injured on Aug. 21 after a suspected militant detonated explosives outside the main market in the town of Mora. “They have established a cattle-theft and sales network in the area which we must urgently dismantle,” Bakari said. The insurgents carried out the first such attack in Cameroon on July 12, 2015, in Fotokol, killing 13 civilians and two soldiers. Most of those arrested were displaced persons without identification papers or people in possession of dangerous weapons, he said.

Source: thestar August 29, 2016 17:26 UTC