UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday said the delivery of trial judgment in the case against former Chadian President Hissene Habre marks a historic day for international criminal justice.
Former Chadian President Hissene Habre was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for several crimes by the African Special Court that was sitting in Dakar, Senegal.
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.
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.
207 Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram militants were killed by Chadian army in Nigeria on Tuesday, according to a statement of Chadian army released Tuesday night on state radio.
The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned "in the strongest terms" the continued escalation of Boko Haram terrorist attacks, including the one against the Chadian army contingent sent to fight the group alongside border between Cameroon and Nigeria.