Tag: Lake Chad

Chad threatens to withdraw from lake Chad joint task force

November 5, 2024

Chad's interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby warned his country mulls withdrawing from a joint task force made up of troops of countries bordering Lake Chad, ... Read More

Boko Haram terrorists flee to Chad and Cameroon as noose tightens

July 4, 2024

The Multinational Joint Task Force in Lake Chad has stepped up operations against Boko Haram and Islamic State terrorists who escaped to Chad and Cameroon, ... Read More

Cameroon, Nigeria agree to peacefully settle border dispute without ICJ involvement

July 2, 2024

Cameroon and Nigeria announced they have opted to peacefully settle their decades-long border disputes by 2025 and would thus no longer require the International Court ... Read More

Niger claims killing 55 of ISIS fighters

May 30, 2023

Niger Monday announced the neutralization of 55 terrorists of “Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP)” in a joint operation with neighboring Nigeria. The operation according ... Read More

Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week

February 13, 2020

An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. ... Read More

Nigeria: at least 30 civilians killed, many kidnapped by jihadists

February 11, 2020

At least 30 people were killed and many women and children were abducted Sunday evening by the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP), near ... Read More

Boko Haram kills four in attack on Cameroon’s Kofia Island

April 28, 2019

Assailants from the jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least four people, one soldier and three civilians, and seriously injured four others during an attack ... Read More

Morocco Takes Part in Lake Chad Conference in Nigeria

February 28, 2018

A Moroccan ministerial delegation is taking part in the “Save Lake Chad” conference, which opened in Abuja on February 26 with the aim to raise ... Read More