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On Saturday, Cameroon reported that 25 Boko Haram suspects died in its custody last year.

A government spokesperson hastened to add that this was not the result of regular human rights abuse in its tackle of the Boko Haram problem.

The 25 suspects were found dead in their cell one day after being arrested in December, Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a press conference Friday evening. They were part of a group of 56 detainees, and the cause of their deaths is still being determined, he said.

“I can already state here that at this stage of investigation, no evidence has been established to corroborate that these persons were deliberately killed,” Bakary said.

The cause of their deaths is still being investigated.

Meanwhile, a senior military official has been removed from his post and is under investigation as well – although his name is held in confidence.


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