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[00:00.32]Attacks from Boko Haram militants
[00:03.44]are hurting the economies of Chad and northern Cameroon.
[00:08.96]The militants often attack trucks
[00:12.32]transporting goods to the two central African nations.
[00:17.40]Some of the goods come from Borno state in nearby Nigeria.
[00:23.08]Naffissa Adja works at one of the most popular stores in N'djamena,
[00:28.76]the capital of Chad.
[00:31.16]She says she was not paid last month.
[00:34.81]She adds that the store has not received supplies
[00:39.80]from Borno state for several months.
[00:43.60]Business is slow because of attacks on the store's supply trucks.
[00:50.12]Tocba Haman is a truck driver.
[00:54.76]He says he no longer goes to Nigeria for supplies
[00:59.76]because Boko Haram targets trucks and kills drivers.
[01:04.64]He says the militants continue to control Nigerian villages,
[01:13.56]especially around Borno state.
[01:17.40]They also seize goods and kill traders.
[01:21.00]He says business activity in Chad will continue to decrease,
[01:28.16]even with many soldiers on roads and in markets.
[01:33.80]Abdoul Said is a customs official in Chad.
[01:38.80]He says Boko Haram attacked trucks last Saturday in Gambarou,
[01:44.88]a Nigerian town on the border with Cameroon.
[01:49.20]He says Boko Haram fighters have attacked and seized
[01:56.26]many vehicles in the past two weeks.
[02:00.20]He says recently, the militants seized
[02:04.08]three trucks carrying goods to northern Cameroon and N'djamena.
[02:10.76]The Chadian capital is less than 50 kilometers from Borno state,
[02:17.20]an area currently under the control of the Islamist group.
[02:22.92]Many goods arriving in Chad and northeastern Cameroon
[02:28.32]are shipped from Maiduguri, in the center of Borno state.
[02:34.24]Abba Kabbir is a member of Cameroon's national assembly.
[02:40.16]He says the economies of northern Cameroon and Chad are suffering
[02:46.08]because the militants control roads in Nigeria.
[02:51.32]Simple goods and manufactured products like telephones and farming tools enter Chad on these roads.
[03:01.08]He says if Boko Haram continues to control the border roads, e
[03:08.96]conomic activity will continue to be paralyzed in Chad,
[03:14.76]northern Cameroon and parts of northeastern Nigeria.
[03:20.60]He says he and others want the military to stop the attacks.
[03:25.92]I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.