Commander of a Regional Army Force says Soldiers kill twenty-seven Boko Haram insurgents and arrested ten others in Northern Cameroon.

A Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) set up by Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram across borders, ambushed a group of the terrorists near the town of Fotokol, located close to the border with Nigeria.

MJTF Commander, Bouba Dobekreo, said no soldiers were killed during the clashes.

Boko Haram poses a steady threat to communities in the north-east of Nigeria and has also launched offensives in neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

The group’s goal is to enforce a strict interpretation of Islamic law, known as Sharia.

Since 2009, at least 14,000 people have died at the hands of the Sunni fundamentalists.