OVER 15 KILLED IN RECENT BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON CAMEROON BUS

According to Reuters, at least 15 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on a bus in northern Cameroon on Thursday. "Boko Haram elements on Thursday attacked a bus that was transporting many passengers from Kousseri to Maroua and killed 25 persons on the spot," said a senior officer in the military's BIR rapid reaction unit deployed in the region. Cameroonian authorities were not available for comment on the attack, which took place in the evening of Jan. 1. However, a local businessman based in the north said travellers who reached the town of Maroua had confirmed the incident.