Kolofata

Commune and town in Extrême-Nord, Cameroon

Kolofata
Commune and town
Country	Cameroon
Region	Extrême-Nord
Department	Mayo-Sava
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Kolofata is a town and commune in Cameroon.

Boko Haram Attacks

On January 12, 2015 a military base in Kolofata was assaulted by Boko Haram.^[1] The Islamist group had attacked towns in Northern Cameroon in December 2014^[2]^[3] The attack was repelled with only one Cameroonian officer killed.^[4]^[1] 143 Boko Haram insurgents were killed by the Cameroonian Army.^[5]^[6]

Another attack was reported in 2017.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Boko Haram raids Cameroon army base". Al Jazeera. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
^ "Cameroon says fights off Boko Haram attacks, kills 41 militants". Reuters. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "Boko Haram militants stage attacks in northern Cameroon". Reuters. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "Cameroon says 143 Boko Haram fighters killed in clashes". Reuters. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
^ "Cameroon repels Boko Haram attack, says 143 militants killed". news.yahoo.com/. AFP. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "Le Cameroun fait état d'un lourd revers subi par Boko Haram à Kolofata". rfi.fr. rfi. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

References

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)

Communes of Far North Region, Cameroon

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