Fotokol

Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists continued to strike beyond their strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria, police and local sources said on August 5.

Niger is set to send troops to Nigeria for the multi-national battle against Boko Haram after scores of people were killed in a fresh onslaught by the Islamist fighters in a key border town.

Cameroon soldiers clashed with Boko Haram fighters in the border town of Fotokol on Feb. 4 as the Islamists fled an offensive by Chad's army, security sources said.