The wearing by Muslim women of full-face veils, commonly called a burqa or hijab, has been banned in all of the Cameroon border areas with Chad and Nigeria where suspected suicide bombers of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been operating. The ban comes after women disguised as Muslims attacked Cameroon in a twin suicide bombing this week. The two suicide bombers, whose heads were cut off by the bombs they wore, were women wearing face veils.
Ntouda Ebode, a geopolitical scientist said Cameroon was late in banning the burqa. He said Cameroon should have banned the burqa when Chad announced it had banned it because the two countries are in the same coalition fighting against Boko Haram. Last month, Chad also banned full-face veils after suicide bombers used them and attacked the country.