Fotokol
| Fotokol | |
|---|---|
| Commune and town | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Fotokol is a town and commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School.
The town is about 300 metres (330 yards) across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gamboru, where Fotokol residents often go for supplies. In 2014, the Gamboru Ngala massacre by jihadist group Boko Haram killed 300 people, endangering Fotokol residents as well.
As of June 2014, "soldiers and paramilitary officers have been deployed in ... to provide security for residents and allow children to safely attend school."
In September 2014, the United Nations announced that it was making efforts to move 5,000 refugees staying in Fotokol to safer locations, to avoid cross-border incursions by Nigerian insurgents. Over 8,000 refugees had already been moved to the Minawo refugee camp.
On 29 and 30 January 2015, fighting between Chadian soldiers and Boko Haram was reported in Fotokol and surrounding areas. On 4 February 2015, Boko Haram launched a counterattack, to a Chadian assault, on Fotokol, killing 81 civilians, 13 Chadian and 6 Cameroonian soldiers. Boko Haram launched a series of suicide attacks in the town, leading to the region's governor to place restrictions on Islamic veils.
On 6 January 2020, a bombing in Gamboru on the bridge which connects it to Fotokol killed at least 30 people.
See also
References
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- ^ "Africa - North Cameroon living in shadow of Boko Haram". France 24. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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- ^ "Mayhem! Violence escalates in Nigeria". JamaicaObserver.com. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ^ "Cameroun - Extrême Nord/Logone et Chari: La brigade de gendarmerie de Fotokol transformée en lieu refuge par les soldats nigérians fuyant les islamistes du Boko Haram". Cameroon-Info.Net. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ^ Valentine MULANGO (2014-09-24). "Cameroon: Cross-border Attacks by Boko Haram Endangers Refugees in Fotokol, UN Seeks to Move 5000 to Safer Location". Cameroon-Info.Net. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ^ "Chadian jets bomb Nigerian town in anti-Boko Haram raid". AFP - Yahoo News. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ^ "3 Chad soldiers, 123 Boko Haram militants killed in Cameroon - Yahoo News". AFP - Yahoo News. 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ^ "Chadian jets bomb Nigerian town in anti-Boko Haram raid". News24. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
- ^ "Cameroon bans Islamic face veil after suicide bombings". BBC News. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ Nigeria hit by deadly bomb attack near Cameroon
- Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 (in French)
- Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (in French)
- Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996, Mémoire ENA. (in French)
External links
- Students chat in the courtyard of a high school in Fotokol
- Le Monde : Sept morts au Cameroun après une incursion de Boko Haram
| Communes of Far North Region, Cameroon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diamaré |  | |
| Logone-et-Chari | ||
| Mayo-Danay | ||
| Mayo-Kani | ||
| Mayo-Sava | ||
| Mayo-Tsanaga | ||
12°22′N 14°14′E / 12.367°N 14.233°E / 12.367; 14.233
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