Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 captives

Cameroon's army, backed by a regional force, has killed at least 100 members of the militant Islamist Boko Haram group and freed 900 people held hostage. Cameroon Minister for Information, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, says troops had conducted a sweep operation between November 26 and 28, along Cameroon's long border with its western neighbour, Nigeria. It was not immediately clear, where the clashes with the militants had taken place or where the Boko Haram's captives had been held.