(Business in Cameroon) - According to the Cameroonian Ministry of External Relations, the contributions received from the Cameroonian diaspora, as war effort in the fight against Boko Haram, reached FCfa 79 million as at 29 April 2016. The largest contribution came from Cameroonians living in Switzerland, who donated FCfa 37 million.

Since 2015, the counter from the Cameroonian army to the crimes committed by the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram in Cameroon's Extreme-North prompted a national solidarity chain. This took the form of fundraising and donations of foodstuffs to support soldiers on the front.

These resources coming from all corners of the world have led the Head of State to create an interministerial committee in charge of managing them. According to the latest figures from this committee, close to FCfa 2.5 billion have already been collected as part of this solidarity chain to support the Cameroonian army.