About: Fotokol

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Fotokol is a town and commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School. The town is about 300 metres (330 yards) across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gamboru, where Fotokol residents often go for supplies. In 2014, the Gamboru Ngala massacre by jihadist group Boko Haram killed 300 people, endangering Fotokol residents as well. As of June 2014, "soldiers and paramilitary officers have been deployed in ... [Fotokol] to provide security for residents and allow children to safely attend school."

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  • Fotokol ist eine Grenzgemeinde im Bezirk Logone-et-Chari in der Provinz Extrême-Nord in Kamerun. (de)
  • Fotokol is a town and commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School. The town is about 300 metres (330 yards) across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gamboru, where Fotokol residents often go for supplies. In 2014, the Gamboru Ngala massacre by jihadist group Boko Haram killed 300 people, endangering Fotokol residents as well. As of June 2014, "soldiers and paramilitary officers have been deployed in ... [Fotokol] to provide security for residents and allow children to safely attend school." In September 2014, the United Nations announced that it was making efforts to move 5,000 refugees staying in Fotokol to safer locations, to avoid cross-border incursions by Nigerian insurgents. Over 8,000 refugees had already been moved to the Minawo refugee camp. On 29 and 30 January 2015, fighting between Chadian soldiers and Boko Haram was reported in Fotokol and surrounding areas. On 4 February 2015, Boko Haram launched a counterattack, to a Chadian assault, on Fotokol, killing 81 civilians, 13 Chadian and 6 Cameroonian soldiers. Boko Haram , leading to the region's governor to place restrictions on Islamic veils. On 6 January 2020, a bombing in Gamboru on the bridge which connects it to Fotokol killed at least 30 people. (en)
  • Fotokol es una comuna camerunesa perteneciente al departamento de Logone-et-Chari de la región del Extremo Norte.​​ En 2005 la comuna tenía una población de 36 893 habitantes, de los que 11 787 vivían en la capital comunal homónima.​ No obstante, no es posible determinar con certeza la población de la comuna en años posteriores porque, al ser un lugar fronterizo con Nigeria, el grupo terrorista nigeriano Boko Haram ha intentado utilizarlo como punto de entrada al país vecino. En 2014 y 2015, la zona de Fotokol se convirtió en un lugar caótico en el que se produjeron desplazamientos de miles de refugiados,​ atentados terroristas​​​ y combates entre terroristas y militares.​​ Se ubica en la frontera con Nigeria, que la separa de la localidad nigeriana de , formando ambas una conurbación internacional en la carretera que une Yamena con Maiduguri.​ (es)
  • Fotokol est une commune du Cameroun, située dans le Logone-et-Chari et la région de l'Extrême-Nord, à la frontière avec le Nigeria. (fr)
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  • Fotokol ist eine Grenzgemeinde im Bezirk Logone-et-Chari in der Provinz Extrême-Nord in Kamerun. (de)
  • Fotokol est une commune du Cameroun, située dans le Logone-et-Chari et la région de l'Extrême-Nord, à la frontière avec le Nigeria. (fr)
  • Fotokol is a town and commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School. The town is about 300 metres (330 yards) across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gamboru, where Fotokol residents often go for supplies. In 2014, the Gamboru Ngala massacre by jihadist group Boko Haram killed 300 people, endangering Fotokol residents as well. As of June 2014, "soldiers and paramilitary officers have been deployed in ... [Fotokol] to provide security for residents and allow children to safely attend school." (en)
  • Fotokol es una comuna camerunesa perteneciente al departamento de Logone-et-Chari de la región del Extremo Norte.​​ En 2005 la comuna tenía una población de 36 893 habitantes, de los que 11 787 vivían en la capital comunal homónima.​ No obstante, no es posible determinar con certeza la población de la comuna en años posteriores porque, al ser un lugar fronterizo con Nigeria, el grupo terrorista nigeriano Boko Haram ha intentado utilizarlo como punto de entrada al país vecino. En 2014 y 2015, la zona de Fotokol se convirtió en un lugar caótico en el que se produjeron desplazamientos de miles de refugiados,​ atentados terroristas​​​ y combates entre terroristas y militares.​​ (es)
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  • Fotokol (de)
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