Lake Chad basin

Female suicide bomber kills Chad soldier and five others in Kaiga-Kindjiria

A female suicide bomber killed six people after blowing herself up in Chad in an attack attributed to a faction of Boko Haram

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ISWAP killed ‘dozens’ of Nigeria and Chad troops near Baga in July 29 clashes

Clashes between the MNJTF and ISWAP fighters near Baga in northeast Nigeria on Monday left 25 soldiers and at least 40 jihadists dead

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Nigeria: Soldier, 10 Islamic State insurgents killed in Baga, MNJTF says

One soldier was killed in an ISWAP attack in Baga in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state that also saw 10 insurgents killed

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Chad soldiers killed in apparent Islamic State attack near N’Gouboua

At least seven Chadian soldiers and a local guard were killed in an apparent Islamic State ambush in the N'Gouboua area near Lake Chad

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Nigeria: Chad soldier killed in MNJTF counter-ISWAP operation in Baga area

At least one Chadian was killed and 12 other soldiers injured in Nigeria during a MNJTF operation against Islamic State fighters in the Baga area of Borno state

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Islamic State claims 12 Nigeria soldiers killed in Gajiram attack

ISIS claimed 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed when fighters from its ISWAP affiliate attacked a military base in Gajiram in the northeastern Borno state

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Islamic State attacks Nigeria military base in Kareto, killing commander

Islamic State claimed fighters from its West Africa Province affiliate attacked a military base in the northern Borno state town of Kareto

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Islamic State fighters attack Nigeria military bases in Lake Chad area

Islamic State militants carried out attacks on Nigerian military bases in Marte, Kirenowa and Dikwa in the Lake Chad area over the weekend

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Chad journalist and soldiers killed near N’Gounboua after Boko Haram attack

At least four Chadian soldiers and a television reporter were killed when their vehicle hit a mine near N'Gounboua in eastern Chad's Lake province

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Boko Haram kills 14 men near Monguno in Nigeria’s Borno state

Boko Haram militants killed 14 men who were collecting firewood near Monguno in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state, residents and a militia said

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