In Brief

Officers schooled on intelligence gathering
A two-week training workshop for military officers opened at the Military Academy EMIA in Yaounde on Tuesday 11-November 2014. Jointly organized by the Cameroon military and the US military cooperation, the training is intended to overhaul the skills of the officers in the domain of intelligence gathering and management, as a means towards fighting armed terrorism.
According to Cameroon’s chief of military intelligence, Navy Captain Ousmanou Mbouombouo, participants will during the workshop be schooled on effective collection, packaging, management and dissemination of intelligence data. Ousmanou Mbouombouo said the training will equip the trainees with what it takes to better understand the Boko Haram phenomenon. It will also help our defence forces to put up a better resistance against the insurgents.

187 Boko Haram insurgents killed
Some 187 Boko Haram insurgents were killed by Cameroonian defence forces on Tuesday 11 November, military information officials reported last week.
    According to Lt. Col. Didier Badjeck, communications chief at the military headquarters in Yaounde, about 5 Cameroonian defence posts were attacked by Boko Haram within 48 hours. The attacks took place in the localities of Limani, Amchide, Kidjimatari, Mogode, Kolofata all in the Extreme North region.
    One Cameroonian solider reportedly died in the attacks, while over 187 Boko Haram jihadists were killed. 15 vehicles containing explosives and some motor-bikes belonging to Boko Haram were also destroyed by Cameroonian forces.