Flintlock 2019
Flintlock 2019

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

General Issakh Acheikh said the army also wounded 11 Boko Haram members, and seized arms and equipment.

The region has been attacked repeatedly by insurgents including Islamic State in West Africa, ISWAP, and Boko Haram, which erupted in northeast Nigeria in 2009 and spread to the west of Chad.

Around 40 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base in Chad’s Lake region at the end of last month, after which interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby threatened to withdraw the Central African country from a multinational security force.

Chad is an important ally for French and U.S. forces seeking to help fight a 12-year insurgency in West Africa’s Sahel region.

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