Cholera kills 80 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon

More than 80 Nigerian refuges, fleeing from the Boko Haram insurgency are now known to have died from cholera in refugee camps in Cameroon.

The refugees, mainly from the Boko Haram enclave in Borno State, are scattered in  Gawar, Zamay of Maroua camps in Cameroon, are said to be leaving in droves back to Nigeria.

A source in the camp said about 20 were  hospitalised at the the camps.

The refugees were said to have fled from Haraza,  Kunde, Tatsa, the flash points of early Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State.

The source said  said 40 of the dead were from Pulka, 30 from Ngoshe, Attagara, Agapaluwa and 10 from early migrants from the hills of Gwoza.

Sources said many of the refugees had started leaving the camp for Nigeria.