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Boko Haram Allegedly Attack Chad Capital for 1st Time, Nearly 30 Killed

Chadian troops

Boko Haram allegedly killed nearly 30 civilians and injured more than 100 in a series of suicide attacks on the Chadian capital of N’Djamena, according to various reports.

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On Monday, alleged terrorists riding on the backs of motorcycles entered N’Djamena, reportedly blowing themselves up.

According to Al Jazeera, the attack took place as police cadets were being trained at a nearby academy.

The capital’s first attack resulted in 27 casualties as well as more than 100 injured.

Chad’s government responded with an emergency meeting just outside police headquarters and the aforementioned academy, with Chadian Communications Minister Hassan Sylla Bakari warning that the Islamic militant organization had “made a mistake targeting Chad.”

Bakari also said that the destructive group would soon be “neutralized,” according to the BBC.

While the attack was vicious, it wasn’t reportedly unexpected, since Chad has been a central figure in stamping Boko Haram out of the Sambisa Forest as well as forcing them to relinquish a swath of territories in northern Nigeria.

Other nations that have been involved in the anti-terrorism effort, including Cameroon and Niger, have also been targeted by Boko Haram for their anti-terrorism alliance with Nigeria.

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Abena Agyeman-Fisher

Abena Agyeman-Fisher is the Editor-in-Chief of Face2Face Africa. Most recently, she worked for Interactive One as the Senior Editor of NewsOne, she worked for AOL as the News Programming Manager of Black Voices, which later became HuffPo Black Voices, and for the New York Times Company as an Associate Health Editor. Abena, a Spelman College graduate, has been published in Al Jazeera, the Daily Beast, New Jersey’s The Star-Ledger, the Grio, BlackVoices, West Orange Patch, About.com, the Source, Vibe, Vibe Vixen, Jane, and Upscale Magazines. She has interviewed top celebrities, icons, and politicians, such as First Lady Michelle Obama, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett, Civil Rights activist and diplomat Andrew Young, comedian Bill Cosby, Grammy Award-winning singer Jill Scott, actress and singer Queen Latifah, Olympic Gold winner Cullen Jones, international supermodel Alek Wek, and five-division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather. Most recently, she served as the First Lady’s press reporter during President Barack Obama’s U.S.-Africa Summit, Young African Leaders Institute event, and the 2013 presidential trip to Senegal, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Tanzania. Abena is also a 2015 International Women's Media Foundation Africa Great Lakes Fellow, where she reported on women candidates and Chinese sweatshops in Tanzania for CNN and Refinery29.

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