{{Nigeria’s head of counter-terrorism on Friday accused neighbouring Cameroon of failing to make a serious effort to drive Boko Haram insurgents from its territory.}}<\/p>\n
Sarkin-Yaki Bello, Coordinator-General Counter Terrorism Centre, said regional efforts against the Islamist insurgency had improved over the years but more needed to be done.<\/p>\n
“Niger has been proactive and aggressive, Chad has shown zero tolerance for Boko Haram,” he told Reuters in an interview.<\/p>\n
“Cameroon, we’ve engaged them to be more pro-active. They haven’t really. Not yet.”<\/p>\n
Bello’s made his comments at a time of renewed international attention on Boko Haram following its kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria last month.<\/p>\n
The girls have still not been rescued despite a military operation involving foreign experts, and Nigeria’s security forces have been bruised by criticism, both internal and international, for their slow response to the hostage crisis.<\/p>\n
Bello declined to comment on where the girls were or efforts to free them. But he said he feared a rescue could be lethal given the Islamist tactic of killing hostages during a such attempts.<\/p>\n
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