Nigeria: Chad, Niger Launch Air, Ground Strikes Against Boko Haram As Troops Recapture Buni Yadi

9 March 2015

Damaturu — Niger and Chad, yesterday, launched major ground and air strikes in the North-East against Boko Haram, after the militants formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

The attacks, which followed a sustained build-up of troops in southern Niger, have opened up a new front in regional efforts to wipe out the Islamist group, whose six-year insurgency has spread across borders.

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