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Chadian Military Officially Moves in to Nigeria, Repeated Airstrikes Unanswered By Boko Haram

 

 


True to repeated announcements, the Chadian military officially joined the anti-Boko Haram efforts this week, when they reportedly crossed over a bridge from Cameroon in to Nigeria (pictured), reports the BBC.

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About 2,000 Chadian troops entered Nigeria, after conducting an hour-long air strike and mortar attack on Boko Haram locations.

Reportedly, Boko Haram did not answer the Chadian assault.

According to Nigerian Security Spokesman Mike Omeri, Chad’s military is initially focusing their efforts on the town of Gamboru.

Stepping Up the Offensive

Last week, the Chadian military made headlines for recapturing the town of Malumfatori, after a two-day aerial and land assault.

Meanwhile, after being occupied by the terrorist sect for the last year, Gamboru was reportedly recaptured by the Nigerian military.

And on Sunday, the Nigerian military recorded another win when they staved off Boko Haram’s attempted possession of key city Maiduguri.

With Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau announcing his plans to expand his caliphate in to Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, the African Union declared that they are endorsing a nearly 8,000 troop task force from the aforementioned areas as well as Nigeria in order to stamp out Boko Haram.

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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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