Tag: Chad
I’ll wipe out Boko Haram, Chadian President vows
Chadian President Idriss Deby on Wednesday vowed to “wipe out” Boko Haram and called on the group’s chief Abubakar Shekau…
Boko Haram raid villages after Chadian offensive
Boko Haram fighters have raided villages in northeast Nigeria on the border with Cameroon, apparently in reprisal for a Chadian…
Tackling Boko Haram: Nigeria has biggest military force, weakest impact
Four African armies, from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, are currently directly engaged in the fight against the Nigeria-based insurgent…
Boko Haram takes fight into Chad
Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack Friday inside neighbouring Chad, targeting a village on the shores of Lake…
5 dead in Boko Haram first attack in Chad
Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamists on Friday carried out their first attack inside Chad, killing five people in an early morning…
8,700-strong African deployment to fight Boko Haram
Five African nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to…
Cameroon, Chad, Niger real test for Boko Haram, says US
Boko Haram is flush with cash and weapons after a string of battlefield advances, but the militants could face a…
Chad troops continue assault on Boko Haram stronghold
Chadian aircraft struck Boko Haram positions in the Nigerian border town of Gamboru for a second straight day on Sunday,…
Boko Haram: Nigeria refugees big headache to Chad govt
Thousands of Nigerian civilians who fled the armed Islamists of Boko Haram have become a headache for Chadian authorities after…
3 Chad soldiers, 123 Boko Haram fighters killed in Cameroon
Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern…
Chadian troops chase Boko Haram away from Nigerian town
Troops from Chad have driven Boko Haram fighters from a northern Nigeria border town seized by the Islamist militants late…
Chad not scared of Boko Haram – Interior Minister
Chad’s Interior Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid has said the country does not fear any reprisal attacks following its decision to…
Hundreds flee Borno villages ‘after Boko Haram warning’
Hundreds of people from four villages near the devastated Nigerian town of Baga have been forced to flee after a…
Boko Haram forces of evil, say Chadian demonstrators
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital of Chad on Saturday to support the authorities’ decision to send…
Chad joins war against Boko Haram, deploys troops to Cameroon
Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria’s dreaded Boko Haram…