It wasn’t just the scale of the kidnapping that fuelled the outrage: Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram’s gun-toting leader, had pledged in a video message to sell his new captives as slaves. That the social ...

Chad's army says Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead.

The fight occurred on Saturday in the Lake Chad region between Chadian forces and Boko Haram insurgents, an army spokesperson said.

Chadian military airstrikes killed scores of Boko Haram fighters and injured several dozen more in the Lake Chad Basin, President Mahamat Idriss Deby said Friday. Chad planned the operation ...

Boko Haram launched an insurgency in Nigeria in 2009, leaving more than 40,000 people dead and displacing millions. It has since spread to neighboring countries ...

At least 15 Chadian soldiers were killed and 32 others wounded in clashes between the army and Boko Haram fighters Saturday, the army's spokesperson said, adding that 96 Boko Haram members were ...

Chad President, Mahamat Idriss Deby says his country’s military killed many Boko Haram jihadists and wounded others in air strikes. Deby made this disclosure while fielding questions from ...

N'DJAMENA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - At least 15 Chadian soldiers were killed and 32 others wounded in clashes between the army and Boko Haram fighters on Saturday, the army's spokesman said, adding that ...

N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country's west, Chad's army said.

A counter-insurgency expert in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makam, reported that the ambush occurred on Friday shortly after President Mahamat Idriss Déby departed the area to return urgently to the ...

Fifteen Chad Soldiers Killed in Operation Against Boko Haram, Army Says N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - At least 15 Chadian soldiers were killed and 32 others wounded in clashes between the army and Boko ...