AA / Yaoundé / Anne Mireille Nzouankeu

Approximately "40% of the weapons seized by the armed forces of Chad fighters to Boko Haram are French-made, "said Minister Chadian communication Hassan Sylla Bakari Ben, visiting Cameroon.

The Chad does not mean much for "one country as the supplier of arms Boko Haram" said Ben Bakari, during a press conference held Wednesday in Yaounde.

The Chad holds images of weapons and ammunition seized from Boko Haram fighters, said the minister, adding: "my country shows these images and will continue to show that those who make them know that these weapons do found not where they should be. "

Faced with these statements, Cameroon's Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma, this along with his Chadian counterpart, has insisted that "no African country makes weapons. All African countries buy weapons from countries like France, Russia, the United States "to justify the fact that French-made weapons falling into the hands of Boko Haram.

The Chadian minister for three days, living in Cameroon to harmonize the communication between the two countries in the fight against Boko Haram.

Among the resolutions taken by the two ministers after work meetings, it was decided to adopt a strategy of war in cyber-communicational trend against the Nigerian armed group, and, in particular through "setting up a media monitoring between the two countries with coordinated response strategies, "" the establishment and permanent animation cells at national strategic communication and cybernetic tools for simultaneous presence of content related to activity on the war front ", they jointly informed in a statement read to the press.

The start date of implementation of these resolutions, however, has not yet been given.

Chadian troops are currently positioned at the far north of Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. These troops are in support to Cameroon in the fight against the armed group that multiplies incursions in the region.