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May- 2020 -27 MayAfrica
Five Jihadists, Two Soldiers Killed in Cameroon Clash
Two soldiers were killed early on Tuesday when jihadists attacked a military position in northern Cameroon after crossing from Nigeria, sources said, while seven other soldiers were injured in a mine blast in the same village. The device exploded when the soldiers’ vehicle was passing, according to an army colonel. Both the explosion and the overnight attack took place at Soueram, close to the Nigerian border in Cameroon’s Far North region, the colonel and a local official told AFP. “Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed” in the overnight assault, while five jihadists died in the counter-attack, the colonel said. The attack was claimed by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity. ISWAP is a splinter group of Nigeria’s Boko Haram, which has led a bloody 11-year campaign against perceived Western influence. An army vehicle was destroyed and the jihadists made off with a piece of heavy weaponry, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity. A local leader, who also asked not to be identified, confirmed the attack and the toll, adding that there were no civilian casualties. The Far North is an impoverished tongue of land that lies between Chad to the east and …
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19 MayAfrica
Jihadists Attack Nigeria Town Where Girls Abducted
Jihadists have carried out a rare attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Dapchi, where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, military sources and residents said Tuesday. One soldier was killed and three wounded as fighters believed to be from an Islamic State group affiliate looted shops and torched the home of a local chief in the assault Monday, the sources told AFP. The attack comes days before the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when jihadists who have waged a 10-year insurgency usually ramp up their deadly assaults in the region. Fighters suspected to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction stormed the town, leading to a fight with troops in which sources said the soldier and five jihadists were killed. Resident Bashir Manzo said the insurgents spent over four hours in town before soldiers backed by a military jet confronted them. Dapchi was the scene of the abduction of more than 100 schoolgirls by ISWAP in February 2018. The girls were later released although the only Christian among them is still being held by the group after she reportedly refused to renounce her faith. The decade-long conflict in northeast Nigeria has …
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Feb- 2020 -12 FebruaryAfrica
AFRICOM shifts strategy from degrading to containing West Africa insurgents, OIG report says
United States Africa Command has shifted its strategy from degrading violent extremist organizations in West Africa to simply containing their spread
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Jan- 2020 -20 JanuaryAfrica
Nigeria: Militants attack key aid facility in Ngala near Cameroon border, UN says
Heavily armed militants attacked on a vital aid facility housing UN workers in Ngala in northeast Nigeria's Borno state
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8 JanuaryAfrica
Nigeria soldiers killed in clashes around Monguno, key garrison town near Lake Chad
Three soldiers were killed in intense fighting between Nigeria's army and Islamist insurgents around Monguno, a key garrison town in the Lake Chad area
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7 JanuaryAfrica
At least 9 killed in Gamboru bridge bomb blast on Nigeria-Cameroon border
An explosion ripped through a crowded market on a bridge at Gamboru on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, killing at least 9 people and injuring 26
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4 JanuaryAfrica
Chad troops leave Nigeria with Boko Haram mission ‘finished’
Chad has ended a months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria and withdrawn its 1,200-strong force across the border
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Nov- 2019 -7 NovemberAfrica
Nigeria soldiers killed in ISWAP ambush near Damboa in Borno state
At least 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed and others injured in clashes near Damboa as images ISWAP fighters pledging allegiance to new ISIS leader are released
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Oct- 2019 -30 OctoberAfrica
Niger soldiers killed in attack on Blabrine military base in southeast Diffa region
Niger's defense ministry said 12 soldiers were killed in a predawn raid on a military base in Blabrine in the southeastern Diffa region near Lake Chad
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20 OctoberAfrica
ISWAP fighters kill Nigeria troops in clashes near Jakana
At least four Nigerian soldiers and a militia fighter were killed in clashes with Islamic State West Africa Province fighters near Jakana in Borno state
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