Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during an interview with Reuters in New York, September 26, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Nigeria said it needed help from Cameroon to police their shared border as it seeks to win a drawn-out battle to crush Boko Haram Islamist militants, a Nigerian official said.
President Goodluck Jonathan's military crackdown announced in May has driven Boko Haram fighters back into Nigeria's north towards the border with Niger and into the remote hills bordering Cameroon to the east.
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