Chadian infantrymen patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali, on Jan. 28, 2013.
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Chadian defence forces contain intensified their operations to be conscious down Boko Haram warring parties.
This follows a lethal assault in leisurely October in which the fear neighborhood focused a garrison in the Lake Chad basin killing about 40 infantrymen. In the aftermath, the president launched operation Haskanite. Authorities instruct they contain killed about 100 warring parties.
“I can confirm that there are no more Boko Haram groups on Chadian soil,” the governor of the Lake province du Lac.
“Operation Haskanite has driven them out, moreover, we were able to finish them off. For instance, I can talk about our last confrontation during which a prominent leader, he was known among Boko Haram fighters, this leader was named Kanaye Djougoun. This operation has bore fruits,” Saleh Haggar acknowledged.
Chad claims no Boko Haram fighter is in response to its soil and that they operate from neighbouring Niger and Nigeria. The Lake Chad basin would possibly perchance well be their present pickle.
The space has remained a flashpoint for militant attacks, with insurgent activity spilling over from Boko Haram’s origins in northeastern Nigeria since 2009.
Chad’s minister of verbal change considers his country has been left on my own in this battle.
“Why is Chad alone on the battleground?” Boukar Michel acknowledged.
“Why haven’t these refugees, internally displaced people, received any help from the international community? Why haven’t they been taken care of by humanitarians? Nobody can accept to be the only one suffering losses when attacks occur or to be the only one having their defence forces laid to rest.”
N’Djamena has threatened to exit the regional counterterrorism security power.
Multinational Joint Process Force’s (MNJTF) used to be intention up in 2015 with Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon, every contributing troops.
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