Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno. Archive | Photograph credit score: AP
“Unidentified attackers killed not less than 40 troopers throughout an evening assault on a army base within the west of the nation,” Chad’s presidency mentioned on Monday (October 28, 2024).
President Mahamat Deby Itno visited the Barkaram base, an island within the lakes area of Chad, early within the morning and introduced the launch of a army operation to trace down the attackers, in response to a press release from the presidency.
Chad has lengthy been combating an insurgency within the west of the nation, close to the border with Nigeria.
It was not instantly recognized who was behind the most recent assault, however the authorities has blamed earlier assaults within the area on the militant group Boko Haram.
In March, an assault that the federal government attributed to Boko Haram killed seven troopers, reviving fears of violence within the Lake Chad space, after a interval of peace following a profitable operation launched in 2020 by the Chadian military to destroy the bases of the extremist group there. Faculties, mosques and church buildings have been reopened and humanitarian organizations returned.
Boko Haram, which launched an insurgency greater than a decade in the past towards Western training, seeks to determine Islamic legislation in northeastern Nigeria. The insurgency has unfold to West African neighbors together with Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
Chad, a rustic of practically 18 million individuals, has been reeling from political turmoil earlier than and after a controversial presidential election that resulted in Deby Itno’s victory. He had led the nation as interim president throughout the interval of army rule that adopted his father’s dying in 2021.
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