Some 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce
fighting with Boko Haram militants, Cameroon's army has said.
Army spokesman Lt Col Didier Badjek said the soldiers had been disarmed and were now being accommodated in schools.
Clashes are said to be continuing in the border town of Gamboru Ngala.
Boko
Haram on Sunday released a video in which it said it had established an
Islamic state in the towns and villages it controls in north-eastern
Nigeria.
The group's five-year insurgency has intensified in
recent months despite the deployment of thousands of extra troops to the
worst-affected areas.
Last week, a group of soldiers refused to follow orders to go and fight Boko Haram, saying the militants were better equipped.
Insurgents
also seized one of Nigeria's two main police training academies, which
is near the town of Gwoza, captured earlier this month.
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