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Since 2014, Boko Haram has been active in western Chad, launching cross-border attacks from the Nigerian border against civilian and military targets in western Chad. [12] In 2024, attacks by the militant group in Chad intensified, culminating in a raid on a Chadian military base near the village of Ngouboua, which left 40 Chadian soldiers dead ...
Operation Boma's Wrath was a military operation launched by Chad against Boko Haram. [1] Operation was launched on March 31, 2020, one week after Boko Haram's attack on Chadian military base in which 92 Chadian soldiers were killed. [2] Aim of the operation was to destroy hidden jihadist bases and repulse their forces out of Chad. Operation ...
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [23] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [24] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [12]
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Chad's chief prosecutor says that security forces have arrested one of the leaders of the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram. Prosecutor Alhassim Khamis said in a ...
Starting at 5am, Boko Haram gunmen attacked Bohama military camp on an island in Lake Chad. [1] The attack took place from four sides, attacking with about 400 soldiers. The jihadists overran the camp after seven hours of fighting. Reinforcement were sent from the town of Kaïga Kindjiria to relive the stricken camp but got stuck and were ambushed.
On 17 September, Boko Haram raided a village in Lake Chad region in Chad, several civilians were abducted. [221] On 18 September, Nigerian military carried out an air operation against Boko Haram in Kassa Kura in Maiduguri. Sixteen insurgents were killed, 38 were arrested, their ammunition was seized. Several insurgents escaped with wounds. [222]
Chad's army said it had killed more than 200 militants from Boko Haram on Tuesday in a battle in the northeastern Nigerian towns of Gambaru and Ngala.
As part of the 2015 MNJTF agreement, Chad committed to hosting a new headquarters in N'Djamena. Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has held talks in N'Djamena about forming a new coalition with Benin of 8,700 troops. [3] [4] As a result of this Chad became an explicit target for Boko Haram. Threats were made in several videos in early 2015.