(Business in Cameroon) - As of April 30, 2015, the special account opened by the Treasury Department, at the request of the president, to channel donations made by the Cameroonian people to support soldiers on the front lines of the fight against the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has a balance of 1.2 billion FCFA.

To this amount, one must add the 118 million FCFA raised on May 2, 2015 (55 million FCFA in the Haut-Nyong department and 63 million FCFA in the Koung-Khi department).

For a few months now, in a gesture of solidarity towards the Cameroonian soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the Extreme-North region, town and villages have had daily shows of support in the form of funds and kind (food items) to encourage Cameroon’s military and populations displaced by the threat of Boko Haram.