Two suspected female Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed three Nigerians in a truck full of refugees in a town in Cameroon's far north region.
The first bomb was stated to have gone off during a security check and it is unclear if the second bomber had detonated her bomb or whether she had been killed first by Cameroonian forces.
Meanwhile, a state of emergncy has been declared in the Lake Chad region amid rising Boko Haram attacks.
Chad’s Communications Minister, Hassan Sylla Bakari, stated that the order, effective immediately, would grant authorities new powers to search and monitor residents in the region.
This is coming as Senegal says that it has arrested five people suspected of links to the sect.
A senior Justice Ministry official says that the five were arrested in October in the suburbs of Senegal’s capital, Dakar and the central town of Kaolak, more than 2,500 km (1,500 miles) Nigeria.
A judge has charged them with alleged relations with a terrorism organization, ficing of terrorism and money laundering, the official added.