The Chad government on Wednesday vowed to “obliterate” Boko Haram capabilities, following a deadly weekend attack by the jihadists on a military garrison.
The jihadists killed around 40 people and wounded dozens more during a Sunday raid on a base in the Lake Chad region, an area plagued by various armed groups.
In response, Chad on Monday launched Operation Haskanite, that “aims not only to secure our peaceful population” but also to “hunt down, root out and obliterate the nuisance capability of Boko Haram and its affiliates”, interim Prime Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid told reporters in N’Djamena.
Foreign minister Abderaman Koulamallah also on Wednesday renewed the nation’s call on the international community to step up its support of counter-terrorism efforts in the region.
