African troops free 900 hostages held by Boko Haram terror group

Troops have freed 900 hostages held by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists, killed more than 100 fighters and arrested 100 others, Cameroon’s government said.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2015 - 20:55

Troops have freed 900 hostages held by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists, killed more than 100 fighters and arrested 100 others, Cameroon’s government said.

Issa Tchiroma Bakary said today that Cameroonians, Chadians and Nigerians held by the Islamic extremists were freed in an operation from November 27 to 29 from several camps by joint forces from Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Benin.