Boko Haram attack results in 23 soldiers killed in Chad

At least 23 Chadian soldiers were killed and 26 injured in a Boko Haram attack on a military post on Barka Tolorom island in the Lake Chad region. The armed forces reported that a significant number of attackers were killed and repelled. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby condemned the attack and reaffirmed the commitment to eradicate the Boko Haram threat, which has increasingly targeted military positions in the area.

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