Hundreds flee villages 'after Boko Haram threats'

Kano - Hundreds of people from four villages near the devastated Nigerian town of Baga were forced to flee after Boko Haram militants told them to leave or face consequences, witnesses said Tuesday.
News of the exodus from Kekenu, Budur, Yoyo and Mile 90 villages came as Niger hosted a meeting on how to fight the rebels as concern mounted at their threat to regional security.
Also Tuesday in neighbouring Cameroon, Boko Haram insurgents engaged in "heavy clashes" with government soldiers in the far northern border village of Bonderi, though a security source said it was "too early to give a casualty toll".
The insurgents have been stepping up attacks in neighbouring countries as well as inside Nigeria.