DAKAR, Senegal — Cameroonian authorities have been holding 84 children — some as young as 5 years old — for months without charge after officials accused their teachers at Quranic schools of running terrorist training camps, Amnesty International said Friday. The international human rights organization called on Cameroon to release the children to their parents immediately, saying nearly all of them are too young to face criminal charges. The raids in the country's far north are part of the fight against militants from the Nigeria-based group Boko Haram. A government spokesman did not immediately respond to the report and said a news conference would be held Monday. Boko Haram has waged a six-year insurgency. In recent months, militants have stepped up attacks inside neighboring countries. Food is now running low at the center where the children have been detained in the northern town of Maroua, Amnesty said. — AP
