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Troops from Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Benin have been fighting the jihadists as part of regional efforts to end the violence in the Lake Chad region ©Georges Gobet (AFP/File)
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People hold hands as they take part in a march ‘against’ ultra-hardline group Boko Haram on July 9, 2016 in Niamey. The seven-year Boko Haram insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead in Nigeria and displaced more than 2.6 million people, heaping pressure on local authorities in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. / AFP PHOTO / BOUREIMA HAMA
Boko Haram Mine Kills 4 Chadian Soldiers
A landmine planted by radical group Boko Haram detonated, killing four Chadian soldiers on patrol near Chad’s border with Niger on Saturday, reported security sources. The soldiers were travelling in a vehicle that rode over the mine at Kaiga Kindji, in the Lake...Caption:
Nigerian Army Confirms That Boko Haram Leader Was Wounded in Air Raid
The Nigerian army yesterday announced that the leader of Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau was seriously injured and a number of the extremist group’s leaders were killed in an air strike on their stronghold in north east Nigeria. The announcement, which coincides with the...Caption:
French President Francois Hollande welcomes his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby at the Elysee. AFP
French-Chadian Coordination to Fight Boko Haram
Nouakchott-Boko Haram carried out a terrorist attack in northern Cameroon on Sunday, leaving three civilians dead and around 20 others wounded, hours after French President Francois Hollande and his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby announced that their countries would...Caption:
Nigerians call on their government to rescue the girls taken from a secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria on October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga File)