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Nigerian Military Reports Elimination of 16 Boko Haram Militants

Nigerian Army Engages in Midnight Operation Against Boko Haram The quiet, eerie calm of a northeastern Nigerian night was shattered when the army launched a daring operation against Boko Haram insurgents. The targeted strike occurred in the early hours, around 1 a.m., in the tumultuous Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state. At least 16 militants met their demise, according to Onyechi Anele, the army's spokesperson. What drives such audacious nocturnal operations? The need, of course, to counteract the tenacity of…

Boko Haram terrorists on bicycles kill over 100 in

Bike-riding Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on a village in northeastern Nigeria last week, killing at least 100 people, locals said Wednesday. More than 50 terrorists on motorcycles entered the Tarmuwa area of ​​Yobe state on Sunday night and started shooting before setting fire to buildings, according to Yobe police spokesperson Dungus Abdulkarim. Police blamed the attack on Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in the region since 2009. Boko Haram has since splintered into various…

after the attack on Baroua, the hope of persevering against Boko

Although sixteen soldiers died in the attack on Baroua, near Nigeria, on the night of August 25, no civilians were injured or killed. Niger's defense forces therefore opposed Boko Haram's jihadists. According to the ministry, about 50 terrorists have been neutralized. Baroua was not by chance: this municipality is the first where the state organized the relocation of displaced persons as part of its…

at least six soldiers were killed in the Boko attack

At least six Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Saturday in a Boko Haram attack north of Cameroon, where jihadists intensified the attacks, the region's governor said on state television. Boko Haram carried out an attack on a military post in Sagme, near the border with Nigeria, in the far north of the country on Saturday…

President Bazoum’s visit to the village in

The Nigerian president is at the forefront of the war on terror in the village of Baroua, near Lake Chad, in the southeastern part of the country. Mohamed Bazoum visited this village on Friday abandoned by its people due to several attacks by Boko Haram, the group operating across the river and the border with Nigeria, a few kilometers away. But since then, thousands of villagers have returned under the…

uncertainty in the menu for the President’s visit

The Nigerian president is spending his first official trip to the insecure Diffa region. After visiting the soldiers, he will go this Friday, July 2, to the village of Baroua, where the people have abandoned their village for six years due to repeated attacks by Boko Haram. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaInstead of the No.…

“There is a change of at least part of

In a new video, the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap), the Islamic State's arm for Boko Haram, claims that Abubakar Shekau's group has joined its ranks. Is this really the case? For Vincent Foucher, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, signals point in this direction, but still deserve to be refined. Six weeks…

After the death of Abubakar Shekau, what a future for

The Boko Haram group confirmed the death of its historic leader, Abubakar Shekau, last week. This had already been announced by the group Islamic State in West Africa (Iswap) two weeks earlier. What remains of the Boko Haram group after its disappearance? What are the new power relations between the jihadists from Iswap and the men who remained loyal to Shekau on the shores of Lake Chad?…

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