Cameroonian authorities have announced that at least 250 former militants had surrendered within this year and are currently undergoing rehabilitation. The 250 previously belonged to Boko Haram as well as anglophone separatists.
Despite there being mistrust in the Cameroonian military, in the last year, 130 anglophone rebels and 122 Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered for reintegration. The former militants are engaged raising pigs and chickens as well as receiving vocational training that includes learning tailoring, carpentry, and how to grow vegetables.
The government has maintained that when peace returns to Cameroon’s areas of conflict, the former insurgents who are rehabilitated will be allowed to settle on their own. Sporadic Boko Haram attacks still occur along Cameroon’s border with Nigeria while its English-speaking regions see regular clashes between the military and rebels.
