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THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM AN INTERVIEW CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SANDF COMMANDING OFFICER IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND SELEKA REBEL COMMANDERS.....THE PUBLISHER IS STEPHAN HOFSTATTER:

Colonel William DIXON says the first sign of trouble was when the special forces Land Cruisers arrived at the base riddled with bullets. Some men were limping and bleeding. The rebel advance had begun. The base was on the outskirts of the steaming capital Bangui, near a Y-junction where the two main roads into the city meet. One headed northwest to Bouar, the main route to neighbouring Cameroon, the other due north to Damara, 70 Km away.

The junction would soon become a site of carnage, where 13 South African soldiers were to die in three days of fierce fighting against impossible odds. Two more would die later of wounds.

Hours earlier, at 3 pm on March 2013, a special forces convoy of four Land Cruisers and two Hornets ( Rapid Deployment vehicles mounted with heavy machine guns) pulling rocket launchers were attacked on the Damara road by 200 Seleka rebels. Three men were wounded in the 15 minute fight.

The men of Charlie Company from 1 Parachute Battalion in Bloemfontein had been settling down for a quite night, but instead, the 150 paratroopers had to spring into action. They loaded mortars, machine guns and ammunition on to trucks. It was dark by the time they left the base and deployed on two hills 4.5 km away, off the Damara road.

Far from the small, ragtag force they had expected, the South Africans faced thousands of rebels armed with machine guns, AK47s, mortars, grenade lauchers and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).

Seleka Colonel Ali ABUBAKER's technical was one of the first hit. "I LOST SEVEN OF MY MEN AND THREE WOUNDED" he recalls. In a pattern that would be repeated in the coming hours, he fell back into the bush to attack again. Soon rebels were fanning into the bush to attack two South African platoons positioned on the hill.

Combat Medic Staff Sergeant Serole MAMPA returned rebel fire while a wounded soldier was rescued "They had to carry him on a streacher behind our vehicle until we reached an ambulance while I kept firing back" he says.

When COLONEL DIXON AND MAJOR SILVA arrived at 10am, the platoons on the left hill had withdrawn under heavy fire. Now the priority was to retake the hill. By then the South African Special Forces group had joined the action." IT WAS A BLOODY FIRE POWER" says SILVA.

The South Africans unleashed a barrage of machine gun fire, mortars and rockets at the hill. " WITHIN 30 MINUTES WE GAINED THE INITIATIVE" says SILVA. By 2 pm the rebels were being driven back. The South Africans thought the fight was over.

The worst was yet to come. During the lull, civillians were streaming past the SANDF Soldiers towars Bangui, some carrying the severed genitals, ears and hands of slain SELEKA rebels. "THEY WERE CHEERING US AND HOLDING UP THOSE THINGS AND SAYING " THANK YOU SOUTH AFRICA, SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" RECALLS MULAUDZI.

Ten minutes after the special forces group and DIXON's tactical HQ reached the base in Bangui to rearm, the observation post on the Bouar road reported that 30 technical were bearing down on the city from the northwest.

The Special Forces raced past Y-junction to form a skirmish line 10 km from the base with four Land Cruisers and two Hornets armed to teeth, along with DIXON's tactical HQ. AN ESTIMATED 4 500 REBELS DESCENDED ON THE 35 SOUTH AFRICANS, WHO HELD THE LINE FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS. " It dawn on us that the Damara road attack was just a diversion" says SILVA.

MOHAMED TAHIR, A SELEKA COMMANDER, SAYS HE LOST "MORE THAN HALF" OF HIS 500 MEN." IT WAS A VERY HARD FIGHT. THE SOUTH AFRICANS HAD VERY GOOD MATERIALS AND WERE GOOD FIGHTERS" HE SAYS.

Increadibly, not a single South African soldier had been killed yet, although both roads were LITTERED WITH SELEKA DEAD. By now it was getting dark, and Charlie Company on the Damara road would soon be cut off. SILVA was sent with every available vehicle to evacuate them. When he arrived, Charlie Comapny was under a heavy fire and had given up the left hill. Returning heavy fire, the men piled into a convoy of four Geckos and four Land Cruisers.

The convoy set off in the dark which was a fatal mistake that cost them dearly.

REBELS INTERVIEWED DESCRIBED THE ENCOUNTER AS VERY BLOODIED SO SAYS CAPTAIN AMIN NDOJOKAMA OF THE SELEKA......ACCORDING TO SILVA THE FORCE MANAGE TO BROKE OUT OF THE ENCIRCLEMENT AND FOUGHT THEIR WAY TO THE BASE IN DIFFERENT GROUPINGS.

ACCORDING TO COLONEL DIXON HIS COMBAT FORCE OF 200 SOLDIERS HAD FIRED OFF 10 TONS OF AMMUNITION AND KILLED 1 200 REBELS.

NO FORCE TO COMPARE WITH IN AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIAL FORCES

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Photo 1: heroine of the Central African Republic

Suicide attacks by two female bombers at a crowded market in northern Nigeria's Maiduguri city have killed 78 people, medical officials say.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30194149[i]

PROUDLY NIGERIAN ARMY DOING WHAT THEY KNOW BEST RUN...RUN.....RUN....RUN

Hundreds of residents and soldiers are fleeing a northern Nigerian town attacked by militant Islamists disguised as traders, officials say.

Shootings and explosions had rocked the trading town of Damasak, near Niger's border, a senator told the BBC.

Boko Haram fighters seized a nearby fishing village on Thursday, reportedly killing 48 people.

On Sunday, Nigeria's top Islamic leader accused soldiers of "terrorising", rather than defending, civilians.

"Soldiers take to their heels and abandon their bases, arms, ammunition and other military hardware on the approach of the insurgents," said the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30185933

SANDF RECRUITMENT DRIVE

THE SANDF THE PROUD OF THE NATION NOT SPRINTER RUNNERS OF THE NATION

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE

SHOW NIGERIAN MADE WEAPONS.....ATTACHED ARE SOUTH AFRICAN MADE, DESIGNED AND PRODUCE WEAPONS

Development, testing and evaluation are complete and the SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) now has a fully equipped chemical and biological analysis mobile laboratory further boosting its arsenal of life saving equipment.

The MCBDL (mobile chemical and biological detection laboratory) is a product of Protechnik Laboratories, a company in Armscor’s portfolio of defence science and technology institutes. It worked in conjunction with TFD, a South African lead logistics provider, to complete the first phase of the MCBDL in 2011 after which the unit was deployed at Armscor’s Alkantpan test range for evaluation.

A spokesman said the mobile lab “performed well in the rugged Northern Cape environment”. Additionally, and more importantly, it integrated “seamlessly” with 7 Medical Battalion Group’s incident detection group during a mock chemical weapons attack exercise.

The evaluation led to additional client requirement being identified. These included the need/means to transport consumables and services for the laboratory, a decontamination system for waste water and personnel, a rest and administration area, as well as additional ancillary requirements to ensure independent operation of the laboratory.

The second phase of development saw these requirements incorporated as well as a support container system. This work was completed and tested last year.

The laboratory consists of two standard ISO containers: the laboratory and a support container deployed close together, with tenting covering the space between them to provide a sheltered area for personnel to relax and carry out routine tasks. Both containers have been designed to be fitted onto and transported by IVECO trucks adapted for roll-on roll-off systems. This means the MCBDL fits into 7 Medical Battalion Group’s available infrastructure, practices and SOPs.

Making the MCBDL different from similar defence laboratories is that it is not just a system based on field portable detection. It is, a Protechnik spokesman said, a mobile laboratory containing the same equipment found in a static research facility.

The lab was designed to provide a safe analytical environment, where the focus is not on the equipment but on the infrastructure housing it. This means additional equipment can be integrated into the lab as needs change, for example for HIV and tuberculosis diagnostics or for analysis of environmental samples for pesticides.

Scientists do not wear protective clothing in a tented structure adjacent to the laboratory. They will either wear gowns and respirators or level B chemical suits, depending on the threat identified in the field. A scientist enters the lab via an access-controlled double door changing cubicle. Access is granted by a computerised system only if safe pressure levels are present inside the laboratory. Once inside the cubicle the pressures of the three compartments may be seen in a digital display system. When the pressure of the lab has normalised the scientist can enter either the preparation or analytical compartment.

Samples are introduced from the outside by the 7 Medical Battalion Group detection team via a pass-through box system, a design unique to this lab. The pass-through box is evacuated passively and air is filtered using gas mask filter canisters, manufactured by Hazmat, a division of Armscor. Similarly, all air entering and leaving the lab is filtered using a gas mask canister array (also unique to this project). These Armscor manufactured off the shelf items can be acquired and changed rapidly during laboratory operation, reducing downtime.

The sample is then either placed in a class 2 biosafety cabinet, or class 3 glove-box; depending on sample type and risk status. The sample is then processed using standard scientific methods developed at Protechnik Laboratories. Once the sample is processed it is passed to the analytical compartment, via a pass-through chamber, for analysis.

Scientific investigations/methods that can be performed in the MCBDL include bacterial cell culture; animal cell culture in a dedicated carbon dioxide incubator; cytotoxicity testing; light and inverted microscopy; bacterial staining; microbial metabolic testing; real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction; ELISA; solid phase chemical extraction; basic chemistry sample preparation, and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry.

As far as emergency and safety is concerned the laboratory is under negative pressure with directional airflow to prevent the escape of harmful chemicals or pathogens. Air entering the lab is HEPA filtered and air leaving the lab is HEPA-carbon filtered. Water leaving the lab is filtered through particle filters, carbon filters and then chemically treated. Solid waste is autoclaved inside the laboratory before it is removed. Besides engineering controls, doctrine for safe use, for example, PPE type and use has been established for both chemical and biological work.

A chemical shower is fitted to the laboratory exit. A scientist is decontaminated chemically and washed down by high pressure sprayers fitted to the shower. Water from this process is collected and treated prior to disposal.

In the event of gross contamination within the laboratory, the container may be fumigated with chlorine dioxide gas, using a specially designed fumigation port fitted to the outside of the lab.

MIG's SHOT BY SOUTH AFRICAN PILOTS

HAS THERE BEEN AN ACE IN THE NIGERIAN AIRFORCE? HAS ANY NIGERIAN PILOT WITNESS AIR TO AIR COMBAT?

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Capturing arsenal from professional armies has been what SANDF been doing for more than 40 years

In an interview on Sunday Times dated Novemebr 09 2014, by Stephan HOFSTATTER WITH HEROES OF CENTRAL INTERVIEW INCLUDING SELEKA COMMANDERS.

The story by OFFICER COMMANDING COLONEL WILLIAM DIXON is that the first sign sign of trouble was when the special forces land cruises arrived in the base riddled with bullets. Some men were limping and bleeding and that was when they knew that Seleka rebels were advancing. The base was on the outskirts of the steaming capital Bangui, near Y-Injuction where the two main roads into the city meet.

One headed northwest to Bouar, the main route to neighbouring Cameroon, the other due north to Damara, 70 kilometers away. The injuction would soon become a site of carnage, where 13 South African soldiers were to die in three days of fighting against the impossible odds. Two more would die later of wounds.

Hours earlier, at 3 pm on March 22, 2013, a special forces convoy of four Land Cruises and two Hornets pulling rocket launchers were attacked on the Damara road by 200 Seleka rebels. Three men were wounded in the 15 minutes fight.

The men from Charlie Company from 1 Parachute Battalion in Bloemfontein had been settling down for a quite night, but instead, the 150 paratroopers had to spring into action. They loaded mortars, machine guns and ammunition on to trucks. It was dark by the time they left the base and deployed on two hills 4.5 Km away, off the Damara road." The streets of Bangui were quite" recalls Rifleman Given MULAUDZI. "tHAT'S always a bad sign".

The next morning, force commander Colonel William DIXON had just left the French embassy on the banks of the Ubangui river when the word came that his paratroopers on the hills were under attack. DIXON raced to the front in his Land Cruiser, which doubled as his tactical HQ, consisting of a driver, a signaller, two pathfinders and his second in command Major Michel SILVA.

"As we drove through town we saw civillians running everywhere" says SILVA. Waves of technicals pick up trucks carring Seleka rebels and with anti aircraft guns raced down the Damara road, straight into Charlie Company's arc of fire. Far from the small, rag tag force they had expected, the South Africans faced thousands of rebels armed with machine guns, AK's, mortars, grenade launchers and RPG'S.

According to the interview, A Seleka Colonel ALI ABUBAKAR his technical was one of the first hit. "I lost seven of my men and three wounded" he recalls. In a pattern that would be repeated in the coming hours, he fell back into the bush to attack again.

Soon rebels were fanning into the bush to attack two South African platoons positioned on the left hill. Combat medic Staff Sergent Serole MAMPA RETURNED rebel fire while a wounded soldier was rescued." They had to carry him on a stretcher behind our vehicle until we reached an ambulance while I kept firing back" he says

When DIXON and SILVA arrived at 10am, the platoons on the left hill had withdrawn under heavy fire. Now the priority was retake the hill. By then the special forces group had joined the action." IT WAS A BLOODY FIGHT" says SILVA. The South africans unleashed a barraged of machine gun fire, mortars and rockets at the hill and "within 30 minutes we gained the initiative" says SILVA.

By 2 pm the rebels were being driven back. The South Africans thought the fight was over. The worst was yet to come. During the lull, civillians were streaming past the soldiers towards Bangui, some carrying the severed genitals, ears and hands of slain Seleka rebels.

Ten minutes after the special forces group and DIXON's tactical HQ reached the base in Bangui to rearm, the observation post on the Bouar road reported that 30 technical vehicles were bearing down on the city from the northwest.

The special forces group raced past the Y injunction to form a skirmish line 10 km from the base with four Land Cruisers and two Hornets armed to teeth, along with DIXON's tactical HQ.

An estimated 4 500 rebels descended on the 35 South Africans, who held the line for two to three hours. " It down on us that the Damara road attack was just a diversion" says SILVA. A platoon of CAR soldiers on the road fired a few shots at the rebels...While they were running, they changed sides and some of them started firing on us". says SILVA. " We were being shot at from all sides".

"They rebels just kept on coming in wave after wave".says DIXON.

SELEKA COMMANDER MOHAMMED TAHIR says he lost " more than half" of his 500 men. "It was a very hard fight. The South Africans had very good materials and were good fighters". He says.

REBELS INTERVIEWED described the encounter. " It was a big battle, very hot. We lost many men and wounded" says Captain AMIN NDOLOKAMA.

SILVA says "the force manage to break out of the encirclement and fought their way back to the base in different groupings"

By the then DIXON's combat force of 200 soldiers had fired off 10 tons of ammunition and killed 1 200 rebels. HQ ordered him to keep fighting. at 9 pm a SELEKA commander called to ask for ceasefire..

MORE STORY OF BRAVERY TO FOLLOW AS EACH SOLDIER PROVIDE HIS OWN STORY INCLUDING SOME COMMANDERS FROM SELEKA!!!!!

@AUGUSTUS DONT START WITH ME WITH YOUR LIES...THIS FORUM IS LITTERED THOUSANDS OF LIES FROM YOUR RAG TAG ARMY....FORM TACTICAL RETREAT TO STRATEGIC POSITIONING OF THE SOLDIERS AND YET ONE FACT REMAIN RUNNING AWAY IS RUNNING AWAY....NOT ME SAYING BUT NIGERIANS....IF NOT SO WHY THE COURT MARSHALL CASES

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The terrorists arrived suddenly at 4:00 p.m. that ill-fated Wednesday, November 5, catching the Nigerian soldiers and their commanders off-guard. As they invaded the headquarters of the 174 Battalion, Abadan Local Government Area of Borno State, located close to the Nigerian border with Niger, the Boko Haram insurgents, in hundreds, began to shoot sporadically in all directions.

According to witnesses, the terrorists were led into the battalion headquarters by insurgents bearing a number of Rocket Propelled Grenades (a shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon) and machine guns mounted on Hilux vans. Other insurgents, bearing AK-47 rifles, followed behind, shooting and chanting "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar" (May God be praised).

For minutes, the attackers were repelled by Nigerian soldiers who returned fire, and at some point, appeared to be gaining the upper hand, our sources said.

But the troops capitulated shortly after more insurgents advanced on the camp from several directions, hurling grenades at them and shooting non-stop, our sources said. The soldiers fled the scene as it became clear they were less armed and prepared for battle.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201411130220.html

Several Nigerian soldiers who took part in the fighting have narrated how Boko Haram secured yet again another victory over government forces, a defeat they blamed on their arms and the morale of the fighting force.

Boko Haram has seized many towns and communities in recent months, sacking security facilities while soldiers flee, in what appears the worst defeat yet for the Nigerian military since the insurgents launched a bloody campaign in 2009.

The 174 Battalion, which was moved from its Lagos base to the Nigerien border in Nigeria's bid to rev up the war against the extremist Boko Haram sect, had over 300 soldiers. Over a thousand insurgents attacked the troops, witnesses said.

Before long, military insiders said, the soldiers began to abandon the battle in droves, throwing away their uniforms and yielding their arms to the terrorists. The terrorists followed in pursuit as majority of the soldiers and officers fled across the border into neighbouring Niger where some of them were hospitalized.

A yet unknown number of soldiers were killed; some declared missing while several others were injured, our sources said.

After the Nigerian soldiers fled, military officials said, the Boko Haram insurgents ransacked the camp, looting the battalion armoury and offices.

"They went away with every weapon we had," one of the soldiers who partook in the battle told PREMIUM TIMES. "RPGs, armoured tanks, rifles, ammunition, I mean everything. As we are now, we have nothing. They have gone away with everything."

He added, "We were simply overpowered. They were far more in number and the weapons they carried were far more than what we had. They could have finished all of us if we hadn't fled."

The spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, did not answer or return calls seeking comment for this story.

But a top military commander, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak on the matter, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES.

"I can't confirm to you that it happened but we have managed to bring back the soldiers to Nigeria," the general said. "The matter is being investigated."

He blamed the incident on cowardice by soldiers of the battalion saying, "Initially, they were talking of weapons. But the weapons have started arriving. The problem now is the mentality of our soldiers. A lot of them are just cowards and should not have been recruited into the Army in the first place. The fact is if you don't have the mentality of a soldier, you can't fight a battle no matter the sophistication of your arm."

The November 5 attack on the battalion was the second on the formation by Boko Haram. On August 4, 2013, the insurgents attacked the battalion, killing 15 soldiers and wounding several others.

Before the November 5 attack, some soldiers of the battalion had told PREMIUM TIMES their morale was at an all-time low.

"A lot of us have been here for more than two years without being allowed to see our family," one soldier said "We were to be here for six months but we have now been abandoned here for two years. We are missing our families and our morale is zero. Some of us are even considering going on AWOL (away without official leave)."

SANDF ANTI AIRCRAFT

PROUDLY DEFENDERS OF SOUTH AFRICA....NOT SHORT AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS BEEN CHASED BY BOKO HARAM

A new video was released yesterday by the Boko Haram, showing its leader, Abubakar Shekau, delivering a sermon during Friday prayers.

Shekau in the video appears in clothes typically worn by Imams (clerics that lead Muslims during prayers) unlike in previous videos where he appeared wearing battle wears.

He is shown in a mosque in a light blue gown (babbar Riga) with a garb (Alkyabba on top) a cap (popularly known as Zanna Bukar) which is half covered with a turban.

In the sermon, apparently referring to Gwoza town in Borno State, Shekau speaks for about 20 minutes in Arabic in the 44 minute-video where he emphasises his "firm authority" over what he calls the "Islamic caliphate" and reiterates that there is no ceasefire agreement with the Nigerian government.

Shekau also pays allegiance to jihadists in other parts of the world, stressing that his caliphate has come to stay.

He said: "To all Muslims and all devout Mujahideen, my esteemed brethren, Allah has bestowed on us Islamic victory, and we pray to Allah to give us the opportunity to fight infidels on the face of the earth. We fight and kill whoever opposes what the prophet brought. My brethren in Islam, we are living in Islamic Caliphate. We send our greetings to our brethren living in the Islamic caliphates-the caliphates in Iraq and Syria.

"My brethren in Islam, wherever you may be, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, in Azerbaijan, in Shishan, in blessed Yemen, in Somalia - to everyone living in Islamic caliphates, we convey our greetings at this moment. Look at this Nigeria, liars. Look at these tyrants. They are sabotaging Islam. We have indeed established an Islamic Caliphate. This is an amazing thing. Victory from Allah!

"We don't call ourselves Boko Haram. We are Jama'atu Ahlissunnah Lidda'awati Wal Jihad.

"If Allah decides I die today, by Allah I will die." After the first part if the sermon, worshippers are shown outside, chanting Allahu Akbar. His fighters are later shown celebrating with armoured personnel vehicles.

APOLOGY FOR USING GRAPHIC IMAGES TO MAKE A POINT BUT REALLY CAN U COMPARE THESE ATROCITIES WITH CRIME IN SOUTH AFRICA

A bomb that exploded this morning on the assembly ground of Senior Science Secondary School, Potiskum, Yobe state, may have killed dozens of students, witnesses and security officials have said.

Witnesses said Boko Haram insurgents perpetrated the attack at about 8a.m. when the students converged for the morning assembly session.

A witness, who spoke to journalists on phone said, “It is another bad day for us today, a bomb just went off at Senior Science Secondary school Potiskum….it happened at the assembly ground.

“Many bodies of students are presently on the ground in pools of blood… We are running home now .”

The spokesperson of the Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police, Nansak Chegwam, confirmed the incident, but declined further comments, saying the military is in charge of operations at the scene of the incident.

In what is clearly an escalation of its murderous activities, the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Friday carried out more attacks in the North-east targetting Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, bombing a first generation bank in the town. About 14 people were feared killed while scores were injured.

The bomb blast in Azare came on the same day the sect entered Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State and overran Gashala Village, killing four people in the process.

The tragic incident in Azare occurred in the early hours of Friday. Sources said customers believed to be mainly civil servants were on the queue at the bank's ATM machine when a bomb was detonated by the suspected terrorists.

The source said 14 people died instantly while scores were critically injured.

Even as the Nigerian military stepped up efforts at beating back the extremist Boko Haram sect from the areas it currently occupies, including the commercial border town of Mubi in Adamawa state, the militants are intensifying attacks on remote communities and villages, residents have told PREMIUM TIMES.

Also, there are reports that three retired Generals of the Nigerian Army narrowly escaped death when Boko Haram insurgents stormed their village asking for their whereabouts.

I CHALLENGE NIGERIANS TO SHOW CASE THEIR OWN PRODUCED WEAPONS NOT HAHAHHHAHHAHAHHAH IGIRIRI

DOES NIGERIA POSSESS ANY CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE ANY SORT OF WEAPONS THAT CAN RIVAL SOUTH AFRICA.....I MEAN INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN NOT PAKISTAN, CHINA OR NORTH KOREA?

NOT RAINING BUT POURING FOR NIGERIAN ARMY......COWARDS ARE TO RELEASE A STATEMENT THAT THE TROOPS CONDUCTED A TACTICAL RETREAT LIKE IN CAMEROON RECENTLY...AHAHHAHAHHAHAH @AUGUSTUS THE USELESS SPIN DOCTOR WHAT IS COMMENT??

The Nigerian military has elected to keep silent on news reports at the weekend that the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram seized control of Malam Fatori, a Borno town near the Nigerien border, leading soldiers to flee into the country.

The insurgents were said to have taken control of Malam Fatori after fighting on Wednesday and Thursday, a senior official in the Niger town of Diffa near Nigeria told AFP on the condition of anonymity.

The fighting killed dozens and wounded about 30 people in the commercial hub known for fishing and farming, the Anfani radio station in Diffa reported.

“The town of Malam Fatori was taken by Boko Haram after violent fighting with the Nigerian army overnight Wednesday to Thursday,” said the official in Diffa, where thousands of refugees from the conflict have fled to.

According to the official, 315 Nigerian soldiers fled over the border to Diffa. Thirteen who were wounded were treated in a Diffa hospital, while the others have been repatriated.

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SOUTH AFRICA VERSUS NIGERIA