US Helps Cameroon Ramp Up Airport, Border Security

CAMEROON:The United States has given Cameroonian police modern hardware to screen airplane terminals and fringe intersections as a feature of proceeded with participation in the battle against Boko Haram.

Cameroonian police demonstrated correspondents the new reconnaissance setup Tuesday at the Yaounde police central station.

On screens, authorities can screen developments at airplane terminals and fringe intersections. They can likewise see pictures from scanners that look into bundles or packs, searching for suspicious substance.

Cameroonian Police Chief Martin Mbarga Nguelle said the U.S. was introducing the filtering and distinguishing proof frameworks in Cameroonian airplane terminals and at fringe checkpoints to permit the following of crooks who endeavor to escape or cover up among the populace.

The boss said that for security reasons, he couldn't give subtle elements on the innovation.

The U.S. likewise gave airplane terminal authorities gear to distinguish explosives, something Cameroonian authorities said has been a developing concern.

The gift is a piece of more extensive U.S. participation in the battle against Nigerian-based Boko Haram activists.
 
The U.S. has already given military gear to Cameroonian troops battling the aggressors in the north. U.S. military guides are additionally on the ground there to give preparing on the most proficient method to distinguish and defuse explosives, in addition to other things.

Cameroon was drawn into the Boko Haram struggle when the aggressors started assaulting towns close to the Nigerian outskirt in 2013.