Chad: Dozens of soldiers killed near Nigeria border
An overnight attack on a Chad military base left some 40 soldiers dead, with the African nation pledging to hunt down the assailants. The officials did not say who was responsible, but Boko Haram is active in the region.
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An overnight attack on a Chad military base left some 40 soldiers dead, with the African nation pledging to hunt down the assailants. The officials did not say who was responsible, but Boko Haram is active in the region.
AFP also cited a senior Chadian officer, who it said had requested anonymity, as saying the unit commander was among those killed in the attack.
"We have many casualties, yes, but the situation is under control and our forces are on the ground pursuing the enemy," the governor of the Lac region, General Saleh Haggar Tidjani, told the AFP.
