Abuja, June 23 (IANS) Nigerian troops have freed at least 47 people, mostly women and children, held hostage by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a recent operation in the country’s northeastern state of Borno, the military said on Tuesday.The victims were rescued following sustained operations by troops in Kangarwa, a town believed to host an ISWAP enclave in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, as part of an intensified onslaught against ISWAP strongholds in the Lak…
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N’Djamena, May 5 (IANS) Twenty-three Chadian soldiers were killed and 26 others injured after Boko Haram militants raided a military base in the Lake Chad region, Chadian army spokesman Issakha Acheikh Chanane said on Tuesday. The militants launched the assault on the Barka Tolorom island base in Lake Chad province at about 10 p.m. local time on Monday, Chanane said in a statement.He noted that Chadian forces responded to the attack, killing a “significant number” of Boko Haram militants and sei…