Looting: On 19 March 2025, overnight, Boko Haram militants looted and vandalized a Catholic church in Douval (Koza, Mayo-Tsanaga, Extreme-Nord). They looted food, small ruminants, and furniture.

Summary

On the night of March 19, 2025, Boko Haram militants attacked a Catholic church in Duval, Mayo-Tsanaga region of Cameroon's Far North, looting food items, livestock, and furniture. While assessed as a low-grade strategic incident, it represents a continuation of security instability in the Sahel region.

Supply-chain impact

• Cameroon's Far North region borders Chad and Nigeria and serves as an agricultural and livestock zone, potentially causing minor disruptions to regional food supply chains
• Continued Boko Haram activities pose long-term threats to agricultural productivity and livestock operations in border areas
• Limited impact on small-scale rural economy and intra-regional logistics movement in the Mayo-Tsanaga area
• Attacks targeting religious facilities may lead to weakened community cohesion and reduced economic activity

Watch points

• Whether Boko Haram activity frequency increases within Cameroon's Far North region and trends in government military response operations
• Signs of deteriorating security conditions in Chad-Nigeria border areas and scale of disruptions to regional agricultural and livestock activities