Hundreds flee homes in Far North Cameroon after armed group raid kills 15

No group claims responsibility for attack, but suspicion falls on ISIL affiliate.Published On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026Hundreds of people have fled their homes after an armed group killed 15 people in the village of Madegoua near the town of Makary in the Far North region of Cameroon.The attack on Wednesday triggered a wave of displacement from 10 nearby villages. Several hundred people fled towards Kousseri and others went farther afield towards the towns of Mora and Waza close to the border with Nigeria, the RFI news outlet reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Attackers kill police officer, kidnap teachers in Cameroon’s northwestlist 2 of 3How ISWAP and Boko Haram are reshaping the Lake Chad Basinlist 3 of 3Nigeria, Boko Haram reportedly reach secret three-month ceasefireend of list“They arrived here terrified, sleeping in the open air without food or security,” Mahamat Amadou, a health official in Waza, was quoted as saying by the Africanews outlet.“Boko Haram asked us to leave our villages. They come to kill us and take our belongings. We are overwhelmed to the point that we have to guard our village from 6pm to 5am,” Kassoum Saley, a displaced resident, told Afr...