Gamboru

Gamboru, also spelled Gamburu, is a market town in Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, close to the border with Cameroon. It is the administrative headquarters of its local government area and is paired with the neighbouring town of Ngala, with which it shares a central market. The A3 highway ends here and continues into Cameroon as part of the Trans-Sahel Highway, and a bridge links the town to Fotokol on the Cameroonian side. Gamboru has suffered repeated violence during the Boko Haram insurgency, including a major attack on 5 and 6 May 2014 that killed at least 300 people, a recapture by Nigerian forces on 2 February 2015 and a market bomb in January 2020. Its dry season is very hot and its wet season is hot and humid.