Cameroon army reclaims Kerawa town from Boko Haram

The Cameroon army has reclaimed Kerawa, a town in the Far North of the country, that was briefly seized by Boko Haram, security sources said.

"They pulled out after the troops arrived on late Friday. There hasn't been any more fighting," a source said while another said the Islamist group had "fled" to neighboring Nigeria.

Kerawa, a town of 50,000 inhabitants, was taken by Nigeria-based Boko Haram early Friday, and sources said an unspecified number of civilians had been killed in the assault.