One hundred and seventy eight kidnap victims in Boko Haram's custody have been freed in operations by troops in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, an official statement said Monday.
About 117 fighters of Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed by Chadian army in Lake Chad area over the last two weeks, Chadian General Staff said in a press release on Thursday.
Nigerian troops in northeast state of Borno had cleared two villages occupied by Boko Haram insurgents and rescued 59 abducted persons in anti-terrorist operation in Konduga area of the state, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
Nigerian troops confronting Boko Haram terrorists in restive northeastern state of Borno said on Tuesday that it had rescued 30 persons from suspected terrorists as a follow up to its operations in Dikwa town.
At least 12 people were killed when Boko Haram fighters stormed a local community in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno late Tuesday, witnesses told Xinhua Wednesday.
Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram militants killed 18 villagers in Monday's attack on Memorom, a Chadian village near Lake Chad, local media reported Wednesday.
At least 10 people were killed and 60 others injured in twin blasts which hit a local bus station and market in Nigeria's Maiduguri city, capital of the northeastern state of Borno and theater of violence by Boko Haram, a local hospital official and witnesses said.
The Chadian air force carried out strikes Wednesday on a Boko Haram bases in Nigeria, in retaliation for a double suicide bombing attacks in N'Djamena, according to a statement.
At least 12 people were feared dead Tuesday when a blast went off in a livestock market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, capital of the restive Borno State, a security source and witness said.
A Nigerian senator from restive northeast Borno State has confirmed the rescue of about 1,000 women and children by the military recently in the region.
Hundreds of decomposed corpses were found in mass graves in a border community in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, seized by Boko Haram last year, an official said late Monday.
A Nigerian senator from restive northeastern state of Borno has expressed optimism that the military will "liberate Gwoza town, a strong hold of Boko Haram, very soon".
Nigerian troops operating in restive northeastern states are flushing out Boko Haram terrorists in the region, the military said on Sunday.
Nigerian troops has cleared members of Boko Haram out of Madagali, the last town held by the terrorists in restive northeast state of Adamawa, an official said on Thursday.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday said his ministry would increase the number of French troops in West Africa to support regional forces in their battle against Nigeria-based Islamist cell Boko Haram.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters on Tuesday attacked a village in Nigeria's northern Borno State, witnesses told Xinhua.
The Nigerian government said Thursday that intelligence reports by the public so far had boosted military prowess to effectively deal with the Boko Haram insurgents.
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