A suicide attack was narrowly averted on Sunday morning in the town of Kolofata, located near the front line, on the border with Nigeria.

A young woman suicide bomber was spotted with an explosive and was headed towards a market. Youth, organized into vigilante group, prevented this. However, the suicide bomber still managed to detonate her charge and died alone on the spot.

This attack was foiled at Kolofata, we learn, through the action of members of a local vigilante committee. The latter, having spotted the suicide bomber, chased her leaving her no choice but to blow herself up without taking the life of another victim.

This act of bravery is far from isolated. On November 28, the courage of these men voluntarily committed to the fight against Boko Haram was unanimously welcomed by the government, after they prevented bloodshed in a bomb attack in the village of Waza.

Three members of a vigilante committee had lost their lives trying to neutralize suicide bombers.

They were decorated posthumously. In the nation's greeting message on December 31, Paul Biya hailed "the bravery and sacrifice of these new heroes of the fight against terrorism."