During 2014, Boko Haram militants conducted a number of attacks on villages located within northern Cameroon, killing at least 40 government soldiers and recruiting hundreds of people into the organization.
[1] On 26 December 2014, Boko Haram insurgents killed a Cameroonian soldier and wounded three others on the Waza-Mora highway.
[2] On 28 December 2014, Cameroonian troops repelled four simultaneous Boko Haram raids into the towns of Makary, Amchide, Limani, Guirvidig, Waza and Achigachia, located in Cameroon's Far North Region.
[2][3] On 29 December 2014, the Cameroonian military launched a counter offensive on militant bases in the towns of Chogori and Waza.
Boko Haram fighters retreated back into Nigeria, and 84 children and a number of militants were detained.