Chad's government Monday decreed a state of emergency in the flashpoint Lake Chad region Monday, which also straddles Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger and is frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists. The announcement came as two female suicide bombers staged a fresh attack on a mosque in northern Cameroon, killing three people, and a day after a similar attack killed two people in Chad. Under the decree, the governor of the remote region will have the authority to ban the circulation of...
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