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Boko Haram Attacks Leave Cameroon Villagers in Need of Aid

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   MORA, CAMEROON - Cameroonian villagers along the Nigerian border need
   humanitarian aid after deadly Boko Haram attacks displaced at least
   7,000 people, authorities and rights groups say. Villagers have been
   fleeing their homes since early August because of attacks, which killed
   at least'¯22 people and wounded 29.'¯

   Several humanitarian groups, including the United Nations Food and
   Agriculture Organization (FAO), handed out goats and bags of rice,
   among other goods, to more than a hundred people gathered Monday in the
   town of Mora
   Cameroon authorities say a suicide bomber hit the village of Goldavi
   last week, killing seven people and wounding 14 others.For the past
   seven years,the village hosted 18,000 displaced people who sought
   refuge from Boko Haram, according to the United Nations.

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