... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...turbans in Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
's Far North region, security sources said on Thursday.
The bus left the town of Kousseri in the region on Wednesday and was heading to the region's chief town, Maroua, when it was intercepted by button men.
"The holy warriors kidnapped all the men on the bus and freed the women. They allowed the driver to continue the journey with the women but seized his documents," an official in the region, who asked not to be named, told Xinhua by phone.
"We only learned about the abduction today (Thursday). Our forces have launched an operation to rescue them," the official added.
Abduction for ransom is common in the region where the terror group Boko Haram has been operating since 2014. %u25A0