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Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by DRANOEL(m): 9:08am On Mar 10, 2015 |
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/chad-niger-armies-retake-towns-boko-haram-150309134351274.html Troops from Chad and Niger have taken two northeastern Nigerian towns after bloody fighting that has left some 200 Boko Haram fighters dead, a Chadian security source has said. Boko Haram had held the towns of Malam Fatouri and Damasak near the Niger border since November. Ten Chadian soldiers were killed in the offensive that began on Sunday, the source told AFP news agency on Monday. About 30 Nigerian and Chadian soldiers were wounded in the clashes, a day after thousands of troops crossed the border to take areas held by the armed group, whose insurgency has prompted neighbours to mobilise their armies. A medical source in Diffa, the capital of the Niger region which borders Boko Haram's heartland in Nigeria's northeast, said 30 wounded soldiers had been admitted to the town's hospital. "We have kicked the enemy out of these areas and they are now under our control," one of the Niger military sources told Reuters news agency. Damasak, the town furthest into Nigeria, is 10km south of the Niger border, where Niger and Chadian troops have been massing in recent weeks ahead of the military operation. The offensive marks Niger's first major push into Nigerian territory to combat the armed group, which in recent months has engaged in cross-border attacks. Niger had until now only defended itself against incursions in border areas. Chad, backed by its air force, has already sent troops many kilometres inside northeastern Nigeria winning back areas from the group near the Cameroon border. The latest assault comes after the African Union on Friday endorsed the creation of a regional force of up to 10,000 men to join the fight against the group which on Saturday pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Expand its area Boko Haram has been fighting a nearly six-year insurgency against the Nigerian government, with the aim to establish an Islamic state in the predominantly Muslim north. "For Chad, Niger and Cameroon, defeating Boko Haram is crucial. Five years of violence has cut of much of the trade between them and Africa's biggest economy, Nigeria," Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris, reporting from Abuja, said. "There is also the fear that the group, if left unchecked, will expand its area of control and become a bigger threat for the entire region." The latest regional intervention comes amid spike in attacks by the group that has left hundreds of civilians dead in the past several weeks. On Saturday, at least 51 people were killed and more than 100 injured in three bombings at markets and a bus station in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri. The group has also carried out mass kidnappings, including more than 200 schoolgirls. |
Re: Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by temitemi1(m): 9:11am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Thank YOU! Is that all 1 Like |
Re: Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by DRANOEL(m): 9:18am On Mar 10, 2015 |
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Re: Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by asala1: 9:23am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Our neighbours are winning our war, no talking too much, no propaganda, all we see is action. While our clueless-fisher man is under the tree drinking shepe. 2 Likes |
Re: Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by macpetrus(m): 9:37am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Kudos...... |
Re: Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by buskie13(m): 9:49am On Mar 10, 2015 |
kudos....i believe Nigerians will be proud to tell their children on how boko haram was defeated.... more blessings to de troops... whoever is sponsoring boko haram nor whatever ideology they have that is making them spill blood...may God disgrace them...be it for állah or muhammed....Almighty God bamboozle them...IJN Amen |
Re: Chad And Niger Armies Take Two Nigerian Towns From Boko Haram - AL Jazeera by donsteady(m): 9:52am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Good news. And sad news for ? |
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