December 2014 Mayo-Tsanaga attacks
boko Haram attacks in northern Cameroon
On 28 December 2014, militants from Boko Haram attacked several localities in the Mayo-Tsanaga department of Far North Region, Cameroon, eventually being repulsed by Cameroonian forces.
Background
Boko Haram emerged in 2009 as a jihadist social and political movement in a failed rebellion in northeast Nigeria. Throughout the following years, Abubakar Shekau unified militant Islamist groups in the region and continued to foment the rebellion against the Nigerian government, conducting bombings and other terrorist attacks in cities and communities across the region.
Throughout 2014, Boko Haram launched incursions into northern Cameroonian territory, with attacks on Gorsi Tourou and other areas. Cameroonian forces and Boko Haram clashed near Fotokol for the first time in a brief skirmish on 2 March 2014. In August 2014, Boko Haram launched an offensive in eastern Borno State, Nigeria, attacking and seizing the towns of Damboa, Gwoza, and Gamboru Ngala. In these towns, Boko Haram slaughtered over 1,000 civilians alleged to be cooperating with the Nigerian government or not following Boko Haram's strict interpretation of Islam. During the offensive in September, Boko Haram attempted to seize the Cameroonian town of Fotokol for a month, but failed.
Ten days before the offensive, Boko Haram attacked and briefly seized the city of Amchide, in Mayo-Tsanaga. The attack was repelled, and hundreds of militants were killed.
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