Cameroonian President Paul Biya (L) walks with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari (R) at the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, July 29, 2015. Cameroon has sentenced 89 members of Boko Haram to death.REINNIER KAZE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Cameroon has sentenced 89 members of Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram to death.
Some 850 alleged members of Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in 2015, are being detained in Cameroon, according to the BBC’s Hausa service. The executions are the first since a new anti-terror law was enacted in 2014 in Cameroon, which is part of a multinational force along with Nigeria and others aimed at combating the group’s spread in West Africa.
