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said on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSince January 2014, 117 children \u2013 more than 80 per cent of them girls \u2013 have been used in such attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, UNICEF said in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.unicef.org//wcaro//nigeriaregionalcrisis//UNICEF_Silent_shame.pdf/">a new report<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn the first three months of this year, 27 children have blown themselves up in northeast Nigeria alone, up from nine in the same period a year ago.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s been nearly three years since Boko Haram abducted more than 250 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in northern Nigeria, sparking a global outcry and the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.bringbackourgirls.ng///">#BringBackOurGirls campaign<\/a>. Only a few dozen have escaped or been rescued.<\/p>\nThe Islamist militant group has snatched thousands of children, often raping them, forcing them to become suicide bombers, help the militants in their conflict or marry fighters, UNICEF said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nBoko Haram have used 117 children in \u2018suicide\u2019 attacks since 2014. More than 80% were girls. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////t.co//wFCJomT9cw/">https:////t.co//wFCJomT9cw <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//ENDviolence?src=hash\%22>#ENDviolence<\/a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////t.co//jdhIQGGNeK/">pic.twitter.com//jdhIQGGNeK/n

/u2014 UNICEF (@UNICEF) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//UNICEF//status//851948043612160002/">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Rejection and stigma<\/h3>Children who escape Boko Haram are often held in custody by authorities and rejected by their communities and families.<\/p>\n\u201cIn many cases when these children finally return to their communities or their families, they are stigmatised as children who have perpetrated acts within the community that are unacceptable,\u201d said Fatima Ibrahim, UNICEF child protection specialist.<\/p>\n\u201cThe problem with the rejection and stigma is that these children then become isolated, and if they become isolated, chances are they may actually find their way back to Boko Haram.\u201d<\/p>\nNigeria\u2019s military on Monday released 593 people, including children, after clearing them of having ties with Boko Haram. About 370 children remain in custody, to be questioned on what they know of the group.<\/p>\nAmnesty International <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.amnesty.org//en//press-releases//2016//05//nigeria-babies-and-children-dying-in-military-detention///">sounded the alarm<\/a> last year over the high death rate of these detainees, saying many were held without any evidence and carried out in \u201chorrendous conditions\u201d \u2013 in dirty, overcrowded cells without enough food or water nor access to any legal support.<\/p>\nThe Boko Haram insurgency has claimed more than 20,000 lives since 2009 and displaced at least 2.3 million people, half of them children.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nGirls who\u2019ve been abducted by Boko Haram have endured unimaginable sexual violence. New report \u2192 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////t.co//qVLIsD6PRz/">https:////t.co//qVLIsD6PRz <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//ENDviolence?src=hash\%22>#ENDviolence<\/a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////t.co//iP1UFRSCHe/">pic.twitter.com//iP1UFRSCHe/n

/u2014 UNICEF (@UNICEF) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//UNICEF//status//852053790987620352/">April 12, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1491976554,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1491976554,"firstPublishedAt":1491976554,"lastPublishedAt":1491976554,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1300,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/362984\/{{w}}x{{h}}_362984.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":867}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"unicef","titleRaw":"UNICEF","id":8173,"title":"UNICEF","slug":"unicef"},{"urlSafeValue":"suicide-attack","titleRaw":"Suicide attack","id":9937,"title":"Suicide attack","slug":"suicide-attack"},{"urlSafeValue":"boko-haram","titleRaw":"Boko Haram","id":11840,"title":"Boko 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three million people to avert a famine in Africa\u2019s Lake Chad region.\n\n Launching a funding appeal, the UN says drought, chronic poverty and Boko Haram Islamic militants have led to the emergency.\n\n International donors at a conference in Oslo pledged \n$672\u00a0million for the next three years in new money, \n$457\u00a0million of which was for 2017, according to Norway\u2019s foreign minister.\n\n Boerge Brende has confirmed his country is giving 1.6 billion kroner over a three-year period to prevent famine taking hold in the countries around the basin in Africa.\n\n Germany has promised to give 120 million euros.\n\n \n\n\n\n International donor conference\n\n \n\n\n\n Brende and his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, made the commitments in Oslo as they opened the one-day conference.\n\n The aim is to help secure funds to help the estimated 11 million people in the region who have an acute need for relief, of which three million are at risk from famine.\n\n \n\n\n\n What they are saying\n\n \n\n\n\n Brende said there was \u201ca serious humanitarian situation\u201d in the region encompassing Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.\n\n There is an \u201curgent need\u201d to stop a humanitarian crisis unfolding in the area, which is home to 26 million people.\n\n \n\n\n\n What is the UN doing?\n\n \n\n\n\n The United Nations has launched a $1 billion appeal for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, in the grip of what is described as the \u201cworst humanitarian crisis\u201d in Africa.\n\n The most urgent need is to reach 2.8 million people with rice, sorghum or cash to buy supplies by July, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).\n\n \u201cWe\u00a0are\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0lean\u00a0season\u00a0and\u00a0people\u2019s\u00a0supplies\u00a0are\u00a0depleted.\u00a0We\u00a0need\u00a0to\u00a0avoid\u00a0a\u00a0famine,\u201c\u00a0Abdou\u00a0Dieng,\u00a0the\u00a0WFP\u2019s\u00a0country\u00a0director\u00a0for\u00a0West\u00a0and\u00a0Central\u00a0Africa,\u00a0told\u00a0Reuters.\n\n \n\n\n\n Nigeria\n\n \n\n\n\n Nigeria\u2019s Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said 26 million people have been affected by Boko Haram and the root causes need to be addressed.\n\n He was speaking about the extremist group that remains a serious threat to regional stability.\n\n In Nigeria, a seven-year uprising by the Islamic extremist group has killed more than 20,000 people, driven 2.6 million from their homes and shocked the world with the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls","htmlText":"Aid agencies must get food to an estimated three million people to avert a famine in Africa\u2019s Lake Chad region.<\/p>\nLaunching a funding appeal, the UN says drought, chronic poverty and Boko Haram Islamic militants have led to the emergency.<\/p>\nInternational donors at a conference in Oslo pledged $672 million for the next three years in new money, $457 million of which was for 2017, according to Norway\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\nBoerge Brende has confirmed his country is giving 1.6 billion kroner over a three-year period to prevent famine taking hold in the countries around the basin in Africa.<\/p>\nGermany has promised to give 120 million euros.<\/p>\n<h3>International donor conference<\/strong><\/h3>Brende and his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, made the commitments in Oslo as they opened the one-day conference.<\/p>\nThe aim is to help secure funds to help the estimated 11 million people in the region who have an acute need for relief, of which three million are at risk from famine.<\/p>\n<h3>What they are saying<\/strong><\/h3>Brende said there was \u201ca serious humanitarian situation\u201d in the region encompassing Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.<\/p>\nThere is an \u201curgent need\u201d to stop a humanitarian crisis unfolding in the area, which is home to 26 million people.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the UN doing?<\/strong><\/h3>The United Nations has launched a $1 billion appeal for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, in the grip of what is described as the \u201cworst humanitarian crisis\u201d in Africa.<\/p>\nThe most urgent need is to reach 2.8 million people with rice, sorghum or cash to buy supplies by July, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).<\/p>\n\u201cWe are in the lean season and people\u2019s supplies are depleted. We need to avoid a famine,\u201c Abdou Dieng, the WFP\u2019s country director for West and Central Africa, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<h3>Nigeria<\/strong><\/h3>Nigeria\u2019s Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said 26 million people have been affected by Boko Haram and the root causes need to be addressed.<\/p>\nHe was speaking about the extremist group that remains a serious threat to regional stability.<\/p>\nIn Nigeria, a seven-year uprising by the Islamic extremist group has killed more than 20,000 people, driven 2.6 million from their homes and shocked the world with the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1487949958,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1487949958,"firstPublishedAt":1487949958,"lastPublishedAt":1487949958,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/358888\/{{w}}x{{h}}_358888.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"hardy","twitter":"@fernojay","title":"Catherine Hardy"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"humanitarian-aid","titleRaw":"Humanitarian aid","id":9229,"title":"Humanitarian aid","slug":"humanitarian-aid"},{"urlSafeValue":"chad","titleRaw":"Chad","id":50,"title":"Chad","slug":"chad"},{"urlSafeValue":"boko-haram","titleRaw":"Boko Haram","id":11840,"title":"Boko Haram","slug":"boko-haram"},{"urlSafeValue":"africa-famine","titleRaw":"Africa famine","id":10819,"title":"Africa 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first ever official visit by a Chad president to Germany.\n\n The money will be used to help improve food and water supplies. \n\n \u201cThis (extra economic aid) is so important because when you look at where Chad is on the map, you see it is surrounded by conflict zones. Libya in the north, Sudan, the Lake Chad area and the fight against Boko Haram. As a result of this Chad has over 700,000 refugees,\u201d Chancellor Merkel said during a joint news conference.\n\n The Chad president said Boko Haram\u2019s activities in the Lake Chad area had led to a \u201chumanitarian disaster\u201d.\n\n Deby, currently chairman of the African Union, said 90 percent of the refugees travelling through Nigeria also crossed into Chad on their journey north to the Mediterranean \u2013 as the Niger route was closed by militant groups.\n\n He also called for more economic investment in the region, to provide more employment opportunities and encourage Africans to stay in their home continent.\n\n To curb an influx of migrants, he said the EU should seek a deal with countries across the desert Sahel region, rather than individual nations.\n\n Merkel, who has said she will make Africa a priority for Germany\u2019s G20 presidency next year, noted that EU officials have set up a G5 Sahel strategy that emphasised the need to deal with the countries as a group.\n\n Planting + harvesting together integrates Sudanese #refugees into local communities + boosts women\u2019s independence https:\/\/t.co\/OW3f9n6kdS\u2014 UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) October 10, 2016","htmlText":"Germany has announced 8.9 million euros worth of extra development aid to Chad, which is currently home to hundreds of thousands of refugees from surrounding war-torn areas in Africa.<\/p>\nIt came as President Idriss Deby visited Berlin, the first ever official visit by a Chad president to Germany.<\/p>\nThe money will be used to help improve food and water supplies.<\/p>\n\u201cThis (extra economic aid) is so important because when you look at where Chad is on the map, you see it is surrounded by conflict zones. Libya in the north, Sudan, the Lake Chad area and the fight against Boko Haram. As a result of this Chad has over 700,000 refugees,\u201d Chancellor Merkel said during a joint news conference.<\/p>\nThe Chad president said Boko Haram\u2019s activities in the Lake Chad area had led to a \u201chumanitarian disaster\u201d.<\/p>\nDeby, currently chairman of the African Union, said 90 percent of the refugees travelling through Nigeria also crossed into Chad on their journey north to the Mediterranean \u2013 as the Niger route was closed by militant groups.<\/p>\nHe also called for more economic investment in the region, to provide more employment opportunities and encourage Africans to stay in their home continent.<\/p>\nTo curb an influx of migrants, he said the EU should seek a deal with countries across the desert Sahel region, rather than individual nations.<\/p>\nMerkel, who has said she will make Africa a priority for Germany\u2019s G20 presidency next year, noted that EU officials have set up a G5 Sahel strategy that emphasised the need to deal with the countries as a group.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nPlanting + harvesting together integrates Sudanese <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//refugees?src=hash\%22>#refugees<\/a> into local communities + boosts women\u2019s independence <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////t.co//OW3f9n6kdS/">https:////t.co//OW3f9n6kdS/n

/u2014 UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//Refugees//status//785377752417525760/">October 10, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1476291220,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1476291220,"firstPublishedAt":1476291220,"lastPublishedAt":1476291220,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1400,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/346469\/{{w}}x{{h}}_346469.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":934}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"germany","titleRaw":"Germany","id":125,"title":"Germany","slug":"germany"},{"urlSafeValue":"angela-merkel","titleRaw":"Angela Merkel","id":4385,"title":"Angela 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After falling from","summary":"A historic trial scheduled for late July will see former Chadian dictator Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 face charges of human rights abuses. After falling from","keySentence":"","url":"alleged-victims-of-former-chadian-dictator-hissene-habre-get-their-day-in-court","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2015\/07\/14\/alleged-victims-of-former-chadian-dictator-hissene-habre-get-their-day-in-court","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A historic trial scheduled for late July will see former Chadian dictator Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 face charges of human rights abuses.\n\n After falling from power in 1990 Habr\u00e9 sought exile in Senegal.\n\n Now, after 25 years Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 will answer charges in a specially commissioned court in Dakar. \n\n The trial will be the first in which courts of one country can prosecute the former ruler of another.\n\n Clement Abaifouta has long campaigned for those who suffered under Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 and now leads a victims association: \u201cWe are here at Hamral Gouz, on what is called the plain of the dead. Under my feet, beneath this sand, there are bones, the bones of my colleagues, victims, which I buried here with my own hands. \u201c\n\n The outskirts of N\u2019Djamena, the Chadian capital, bears testament to one of the darkest chapters of the country\u2019s history.\n\n It is the site of one of the mass graves dating from the time of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, who led a reign of terror in the country, between 1982 and 1990.\n\n Clement Abaifouta spent four years in jail under the former dictator. Where he was forced to dig mass graves and bury the corpses of his fellow inmates who died in prison, of hunger, illness, or under torture.\n\n He wants truth and justice: \u201cI expect the truth to be told. Who did what under Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9. And why it was done and for the perpetrators to be punished. Because once those guilty of the crimes are punished, the victims will find some kind peace of mind.\u201d\n\n Under Habr\u00e9 40,000 people were killed, tens of thousands are still missing with countless victims of torture.\n\n That is the assessment made by the Commission of Inquiry appointed by the government of Idriss Deby after the fall of the dictator.\n\n Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 will be judged for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture a trial for which the European Union is one of the main donors.\n\n Clement Abaifouta like Ginette Ngarbaye, will testify in Dakar.\n\n Stories of arbitrary arrests the rape and torture of men and women alike have been documented.\n\n Ginette Ngarbaye described what happened to her while in detention: \u201cHe started touching me all over, my breasts, everywhere. I said I\u2019m pregnant, I am expecting a child. I had this child in very difficult conditions. We slept on the floor. The maggots, fleas, insects bit us. The child cried, I cried, the other women cried. We cried so much. We really wanted death. But death didn\u2019t come.\u201d\n\n Fatime Sakine also survived the prisons: \u201cThey beat me with sticks, I was tortured with electricity.They did everything to me. All kinds of torture. Every day people died, two, three, four, five\u2026 And they said \u2018no, don\u2019t take them to the morgue, leave them here!\u2019 They were left with the living. In the cells, the inmates slept beside the corpses \u201c\n\n Bashir Ahmad remembers the stifling atmosphere of distrust: \u201cYou could not talk to anyone. Every day they would harass you. You could be accused at any time for no reason. You couldn\u2019t trust anybody. Unless you cooperated with them. There was no way out. You couldn\u2019t say anything to anyone, even to your wife. At any moment, they could turn up to get you, kidnap you, and sow fear among us.\u201d\n\n Ginette Ngarbay will finally face her tormentor in court and wants closure:\u201cMe, I want all this to stop. Because I do not want my child to suffer what I have suffered, nor my relatives, nor any human being \u2026 I am waiting the trial, I want justice to be rendered to us.\u201d\n\n Four thousand victims will be represented at the trial of former Chadian president, one hundred will testify.\n\n The charges are backed by thousands of documents discovered in 2002 by Reed Brody and spokesperson of the NGO Human Rights Watch, known for his work on the Duvalier and Pinochet trials.\n\n The abandoned archives of the DDS, the political police of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, detail abuses against detainees.\n\n Brody, known as the dictator hunter, has worked for over 15 years with the victims of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 and for him the trial in Dakar is momentous: \u201cThis trial is the first time in history anywhere in the world that the courts of one country, Senegal, are going to prosecute the former leader of another country Chad, for alleged human rights crimes. It\u2019s the first time that the African Union has established a court. It\u2019s the first time in Africa, anywhere, that the courts of one country try crimes committed in another country. And all of this is happening because of 25 years of mobilisation by Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2018s victims, who never gave up. And who have shown by their tenacity and their perseverance, that it\u2019s possible, for simple people, to actually mobilise to bring a dictator to justice.\u201d\n\n It is a fight that famed Chadian lawyer Jacqueline Moudeina, has led for over 20 years.\n\n She was the victim of a bomb attack that nearly killed her in 2001, she still suffers repercussions, and continues to be the subject of threats and smear campaigns on the internet.\n\n But nothing could dissuade her from working for the victims for which she will be one of the leading advocates in Dakar.\n\n The trial follows the condemnation in Chad of 20 former secret police officials by a special court.\n\n The lawyer believes the case sets a precedent , not only for Chad, but for Africa: \u201cFor us to manage to try Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, to judge his accomplices, would mean that all the peoples of Africa can say, \u2018we dare to pursue,and arrest those who do evil, judge those who violate our rights\u2019 . This is the great lesson we want from this case, to all of Africa. To Chad, and to the whole of Africa. This is the great lesson. It is this ability to fight against impunity.\u201d\n\n It is a trial Moudeina believes can also help reconcile Muslim communities in northern Chad with Christian and animist groups in the South, torn apart under the dictatorship.\n\n #Hiss\u00e8neHabr\u00e9 doesn\u2019t want to come to court July20.Victims ask if he's afraid of looking them in the eyes @DamienGlez pic.twitter.com\/qaD5ti0UWJ\u2014 Reed Brody (@ReedBrody) July 6, 2015\n \n\n Following Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2018s rise to power in 1982 Chad, backed by France and the US, waged war against Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s Lybia, which supported rebel groups opposing Habr\u00e9\u2019.\n\n In the North and the South, any ethnic group considered as a threat to the regime, was persecuted.\n\n Josue Doumassen still suffers from the torture he underwent in prison, his drawings illustrate the pain inmates endured and feature in the Chadian Enquiry Commission on Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2018s alleged crimes. \n\n Beyond the physical repercussions Chad\u2019s wounds run deep: \u201cEvery time I draw, it makes me relive the pain. I do it because I want this to mark history.\n\n The suffering will remain in the hearts for a long time.\nEven if with the current government people speak to each other again. But they are scarred. People are scarred by those acts. He has caused division! He sowed division among us, he must answer for his acts\u201d\n\n Fatime has also endured the atrocity of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2019s prisons.\n\n She worries for younger generations, who are still suffering the effects of a regime that left 80,000 orphans: \u201cWhen you go down this street and you see children, the grand children and great grand children of victims, they are also victims. They were marked by the disappearance of their parents. Whenever my children get sick, I always think of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, because he left me alone with these children. They were very small.. I was young, I was left alone to raise them. It\u2019s true, yes, it hurts. Before the trial was decided, I continued to feel hatred, it\u2019s true. Now that this trial happening, I am a little relieved.\u201d\n\n The trial is expected to open on July 20","htmlText":"A historic trial scheduled for late July will see former Chadian dictator Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.euronews.com//2013//07//02//former-chad-leader-hissene-habre-in-court///">face charges of human rights abuses<\/a>.<\/p>\nAfter falling from power in 1990 Habr\u00e9 sought exile in Senegal.<\/p>\nNow, after 25 years Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 will answer charges in a specially commissioned court in Dakar.<\/p>\nThe trial will be the first in which courts of one country can prosecute the former ruler of another.<\/p>\nClement Abaifouta has long campaigned for those who suffered under Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 and now leads a victims association: \u201cWe are here at Hamral Gouz, on what is called the plain of the dead. Under my feet, beneath this sand, there are bones, the bones of my colleagues, victims, which I buried here with my own hands. \u201c<\/p>\nThe outskirts of N\u2019Djamena, the Chadian capital, bears testament to one of the darkest chapters of the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\nIt is the site of one of the mass graves dating from the time of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, who led a reign of terror in the country, between 1982 and 1990.<\/p>\nClement Abaifouta spent four years in jail under the former dictator. Where he was forced to dig mass graves and bury the corpses of his fellow inmates who died in prison, of hunger, illness, or under torture.<\/p>\nHe wants truth and justice: \u201cI expect the truth to be told. Who did what under Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9. And why it was done and for the perpetrators to be punished. Because once those guilty of the crimes are punished, the victims will find some kind peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\nUnder Habr\u00e9 40,000 people were killed, tens of thousands are still missing with countless victims of torture.<\/p>\nThat is the assessment made by the Commission of Inquiry appointed by the government of Idriss Deby after the fall of the dictator.<\/p>\nHiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 will be judged for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture a trial for which the European Union is one of the main donors.<\/p>\nClement Abaifouta like Ginette Ngarbaye, will testify in Dakar.<\/p>\nStories of arbitrary arrests the rape and torture of men and women alike have been documented.<\/p>\nGinette Ngarbaye described what happened to her while in detention: \u201cHe started touching me all over, my breasts, everywhere. I said I\u2019m pregnant, I am expecting a child. I had this child in very difficult conditions. We slept on the floor. The maggots, fleas, insects bit us. The child cried, I cried, the other women cried. We cried so much. We really wanted death. But death didn\u2019t come.\u201d<\/p>\nFatime Sakine also survived the prisons: \u201cThey beat me with sticks, I was tortured with electricity.They did everything to me. All kinds of torture. Every day people died, two, three, four, five\u2026 And they said \u2018no, don\u2019t take them to the morgue, leave them here!\u2019 They were left with the living. In the cells, the inmates slept beside the corpses \u201c<\/p>\nBashir Ahmad remembers the stifling atmosphere of distrust: \u201cYou could not talk to anyone. Every day they would harass you. You could be accused at any time for no reason. You couldn\u2019t trust anybody. Unless you cooperated with them. There was no way out. You couldn\u2019t say anything to anyone, even to your wife. At any moment, they could turn up to get you, kidnap you, and sow fear among us.\u201d<\/p>\nGinette Ngarbay will finally face her tormentor in court and wants closure:\u201cMe, I want all this to stop. Because I do not want my child to suffer what I have suffered, nor my relatives, nor any human being \u2026 I am waiting the trial, I want justice to be rendered to us.\u201d<\/p>\nFour thousand victims will be represented at the trial of former Chadian president, one hundred will testify.<\/p>\nThe charges are backed by thousands of documents discovered in 2002 by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hrw.org//about//people//reed-brody,counsel/">Reed Brody<\/a> and spokesperson of the NGO <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hrw.org///">Human Rights Watch<\/a>, known for his work on the Duvalier and Pinochet trials.<\/p>\nThe abandoned archives of the DDS, the political police of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, detail abuses against detainees.<\/p>\nBrody, known as the dictator hunter, has worked for over 15 years with the victims of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9 and for him the trial in Dakar is momentous: \u201cThis trial is the first time in history anywhere in the world that the courts of one country, Senegal, are going to prosecute the former leader of another country Chad, for alleged human rights crimes. It\u2019s the first time that the African Union has established a court. It\u2019s the first time in Africa, anywhere, that the courts of one country try crimes committed in another country. And all of this is happening because of 25 years of mobilisation by Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2018s victims, who never gave up. And who have shown by their tenacity and their perseverance, that it\u2019s possible, for simple people, to actually mobilise to bring a dictator to justice.\u201d<\/p>\nIt is a fight that famed Chadian lawyer <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hrw.org//news//2014//02//07//jacqueline-moudeina-chad/">Jacqueline Moudeina<\/a>, has led for over 20 years.<\/p>\nShe was the victim of a bomb attack that nearly killed her in 2001, she still suffers repercussions, and continues to be the subject of threats and smear campaigns on the internet.<\/p>\nBut nothing could dissuade her from working for the victims for which she will be one of the leading advocates in Dakar.<\/p>\nThe trial follows the condemnation in Chad of 20 former secret police officials by a special court.<\/p>\nThe lawyer believes the case sets a precedent , not only for Chad, but for Africa: \u201cFor us to manage to try Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, to judge his accomplices, would mean that all the peoples of Africa can say, \u2018we dare to pursue,and arrest those who do evil, judge those who violate our rights\u2019 . This is the great lesson we want from this case, to all of Africa. To Chad, and to the whole of Africa. This is the great lesson. It is this ability to fight against impunity.\u201d<\/p>\nIt is a trial Moudeina believes can also help reconcile Muslim communities in northern Chad with Christian and animist groups in the South, torn apart under the dictatorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//HissèneHabré?src=hash\%22>#Hiss\u00e8neHabr\u00e9<\/a> doesn\u2019t want to come to court July20.Victims ask if he's afraid of looking them in the eyes <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//DamienGlez/">@DamienGlez <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//qaD5ti0UWJ/">pic.twitter.com//qaD5ti0UWJ/n

/u2014 Reed Brody (@ReedBrody) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//ReedBrody//status//618053958288941058/">July 6, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Following Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2018s rise to power in 1982 Chad, backed by France and the US, waged war against Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s Lybia, which supported rebel groups opposing Habr\u00e9\u2019.<\/p>\nIn the North and the South, any ethnic group considered as a threat to the regime, was persecuted.<\/p>\nJosue Doumassen still suffers from the torture he underwent in prison, his drawings illustrate the pain inmates endured and feature in the Chadian Enquiry Commission on Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2018s alleged crimes.<\/p>\nBeyond the physical repercussions Chad\u2019s wounds run deep: \u201cEvery time I draw, it makes me relive the pain. I do it because I want this to mark history.<\/p>\nThe suffering will remain in the hearts for a long time. Even if with the current government people speak to each other again. But they are scarred. People are scarred by those acts. He has caused division! He sowed division among us, he must answer for his acts\u201d<\/p>\nFatime has also endured the atrocity of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2019s prisons.<\/p>\nShe worries for younger generations, who are still suffering the effects of a regime that left 80,000 orphans: \u201cWhen you go down this street and you see children, the grand children and great grand children of victims, they are also victims. They were marked by the disappearance of their parents. Whenever my children get sick, I always think of Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9, because he left me alone with these children. They were very small.. I was young, I was left alone to raise them. It\u2019s true, yes, it hurts. Before the trial was decided, I continued to feel hatred, it\u2019s true. Now that this trial happening, I am a little relieved.\u201d<\/p>\nThe trial is expected to open on July 20<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1436874672,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1436874672,"firstPublishedAt":1436874672,"lastPublishedAt":1436874672,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/309926\/{{w}}x{{h}}_309926.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"chad","titleRaw":"Chad","id":50,"title":"Chad","slug":"chad"},{"urlSafeValue":"human-rights","titleRaw":"Human Rights","id":142,"title":"Human Rights","slug":"human-rights"},{"urlSafeValue":"justice","titleRaw":"Justice","id":10923,"title":"Justice","slug":"justice"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":310171}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x2y37ds"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":553000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":0,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/lifestyle\/en\/150622_RESU_291B0-161902_E.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"unreported-europe","urlSafeValue":"unreported-europe","title":"Unreported Europe","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/my-europe-series\/unreported-europe"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"my-europe","id":2,"title":"My Europe","slug":"my-europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"my-europe-series","id":"my-europe-series","title":"My Europe Series","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/my-europe-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":60,"urlSafeValue":"my-europe-series","title":"my europe Series"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":50,"urlSafeValue":"chad","title":"Chad","url":"\/news\/africa\/chad"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_law_misc','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_neg1','neg_facebook_q4','neg_saudiaramco','gs_law','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gt_negative','gv_crime','gv_death_injury','gt_negative_fear','gt_negative_anger'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"Tchad: waiting for Habr\u00e9's trial","path":"\/my-europe\/2015\/07\/14\/alleged-victims-of-former-chadian-dictator-hissene-habre-get-their-day-in-court","lastModified":1436874672},{"id":308257,"cid":2517746,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150618_NWBR_030A0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Chad bans burqa after two suicide bombings","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Chad which is a predominantly Muslim country has banned people from wearing the full-face veil, following two suicide bomb attacks. 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Four suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters are said to be among those killed. \n\n The government is blaming the Nigerian militant group for the attacks, one of which was carried out by a suicide bomber at the police headquarters, Chad\u2019s Interior Minister told Reuters news agency.\n\n Dozens of Chadian soldiers have died fighting al-Qaeda affiliates in northern Mali and Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, however Monday\u2019s attacks in the country are described as the first of their kind.","htmlText":"At least 27 people have died in two attacks in the Chadian capital N\u2019Djamena. 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He\u2019ll answer your questions in English, Spanish or French","summary":"Luis Carballo will be online to discuss his experiences in Chad on Thursday at 15:00 CET. He\u2019ll answer your questions in English, Spanish or French","keySentence":"","url":"fighting-boko-haram-chad-aims-to-destroy-militant-group","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/04\/16\/fighting-boko-haram-chad-aims-to-destroy-militant-group","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Luis Carballo will be online to discuss his experiences in Chad on Thursday at 15:00 CET. He\u2019ll answer your questions in English, Spanish or French so please post them in the live blog at the foot of this page, email them to askluis@scribblelive.com or Tweet them using the hashtag #askeuronewsluis. You can follow Luis on Twitter @granangular.\n\n For more than a decade, the Islamist group Boko Haram had a limited strategy: to create an Islamic caliphate in northern Nigeria. But now it has spread its terror campaign to neighbouring countries as well.\n\n Chad, Niger and Cameroon have responded with a military alliance which, since January, has been helping the Abuja government.\n\n \u201cWhat these children have seen, you wouldn\u2019t wish it on your worst enemy.\u201d\n\n In March, Boko Haram signed a deal with ISIL, or the self proclaimed Islamic State. This turned the conflict into an international one, switching on red lights across the region and accelerating a joint offensive.\n\n (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \u201c\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\u201d; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, \u2018script\u2019, \u2018facebook-jssdk\u2019));Our correspondent Luis Carballo has been living alongside the Chadian military to see first hand what remains of Malam\u2026Posted by euronews on Tuesday, 7 April 2015\n\n The latest war in Africa is being fought in a desert, a triangle of the porous borders of Nigeria, Niger and Chad. It\u2019s a conflict between a regional coalition and one of the most barbaric and ruthless jihadist organisations in the world, the Nigerian group Boko Haram.\n\n Liberating Malam Fatori\n\nEuronews has been on the frontline, embedded with Chad\u2019s army, during the liberation of a very important village in northern Nigeria.\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re making the dangerous journey to the village of Malam Fatori,\u201d said euronews reporter Luis Carballo, onboard a helicopter, travelling with the joint military force of Niger and Chad.\n\n \u201cSoldiers from Chad and Niger have been in control there since the end of March, but there\u2019s still some resistance from Boko Haram nearby.\u201d\n\n Around 50 metres away from Malam Fatori is the base of a strike force, which has been re-taking Boko Haram strongholds in northern Nigeria. The soldiers at the outpost are hardened in close combat and are used to the harsh environment in which they operate. The heat and sand could otherwise be a challenge. The troops are not afraid of dying, but they know the enemy is not afraid either.\n\n \u201cThe streets are deserted, the houses are empty and there\u2019s no sign of any business going on on \u2013 no workers, nobody shopping.\u201d\n\n Boko Haram fighters think death is the quickest way to reach paradise. It is something that is promised to them by their group leaders, through their interpretation of Islam. \n\n Among the mass of military troops at the outpost, there is an unusual sight. Two four star generals, chiefs of staff from Niger and Chad, alongside each other.\n\n Some days later, euronews discovers from a source close to Chad\u2019s government that it was thought the leader of Boko Haram had been killed. Abubakar Shekau took over the militant group in 2009 and has turned it into a killing machine. \n\n He was believed to have died during during a battle in the 24 hours that followed the liberation of Malam Fatori. But it turns out that Shekau was not among an estimated 200 Boko Haram fighters who it is claimed lost their lives. Chad\u2019s army says nine of its soldiers were also killed in the violence. \n\n The only proof euronews sees of the battle is a haul of weapons. According to Chad\u2019s army, the weapons were seized from the militants who were killed in the fighting. Among them are dozens of Kalashnikovs. The weapons have most probably been stolen or originally left by the Nigerian army. \n\n The liberation of Malam Fatori is a major strategic victory as troops take on Boko Haram. \n\n \u201cThis joint operation, particularly Chad\u2019s involvement, is starting to change things on the ground,\u201d said Carballo.\n\n Boko Haram used Malam Fatori as a command centre, launching attacks against Niger and Chad. The Nigerian village is less than four kilometres from the border with Niger.\n\n The journey from base camp to Malam Fatori takes just a few minutes.\n\n The village has become a ghost town. The streets are deserted, the houses are empty and there\u2019s no sign of any business going on on \u2013 no workers, nobody shopping.\n\n Malam Fatori used to be home to 30-thousand people, it was the venue of an important market. But after five months of strict Sharia law, imposed by Boko Haram, it is now a shadow of its former self. The only people to be seen are mainly elderly men and a few children. Very few women, and none of them young. \n\n The mother of a boy seen in the area recalls what happened 72 hours earlier, when the area was freed from militants. \u201cBoko Haram left the village when they saw soldiers coming. They escaped in all directions. Before they left, they told us to get out of our houses \u2013 and they burned them,\u201d said the woman. \n\n Other residents returning to the village tell euronews that when Boko Haram left, they took dozens of young women with them.\n\n It is claimed they were stripped naked, so they would not escape. Since then, there has been no sign of them. Other women confirm the girls were kidnapped. They say male teenagers were killed.\n\n \u201cBoko Haram took the girls for forced marriage. They also took young children and cut the throats of male teenagers,\u201d said one of them.\n\n \u201cBoko Haram had eyes and ears everywhere. They monitored every movement \u2013 when we went out in the street, when we were in our houses, they were looking at us all of the time.\u201d\n\n The tragedy in Malam Fatori, as with many others in Nigeria, seems like something from another era. Something inconceivable in the 21st century.\n\n A feeling of collective paranoia is so strong that it is impossible to separate facts from rumours about massacres, murders and kidnappings. And this is the strategy of Boko Haram, to conquer through fear.\n\n Boko Haram militancy threatens Chad\u2019s economy\n\nThe river Chari is the natural border between Chad and Cameroon. It is very easy to cross the border in a boat or to swim across. On one bank lies the village of Kousseri. On the other side is N\u2019Djamena, the capital of Chad.\n\n The Ngueli bridge stretches across the river, a meeting point for people and trade. Thousands of people cross it every day. Until recently, the main problem facing customs officers was smugglers. But now things are very different.\n\n \u201cSecurity has been boosted to prevent terrorist attacks and gun smuggling,\u201d says Carballo.\n\n Chad\u2019s taking the threat seriously because several of Boko Haram\u2019s attacks in Cameroon have happened just a few kilometres away from here.\n\n For Chad, there is also an economic dimension. Militant attacks have endangered the routes it uses to trade with Nigeria and Cameroon. The border with Nigeria has been closed for more than a year.\n\n So the only remaining option for Chad \u2013 a landlocked country which imports most of what it consumes \u2013 is Cameroon. The goods arrive by road along a route which Boko Haram has been targeting for months. The route starts in the Cameroon port of Douala and ends in N\u2019Djamena. The alternative link means more fuel, less goods and higher prices in the markets.\n\n Many more months of combat on the border could end up destroying Chad\u2019s economy.\n\n Seeking safe refuge at Dar es Salaam camp\n\nOver the last three months, around 20,000 Nigerians have crossed Lake Chad looking for safe shelter. Everyone who has fled has a story to tell.\n\n \u201cThe refugees arrived with nothing. They have seen their relatives die. Some have been wounded, but the psychological wounds will take longer to heal.\u201d\n\n The Dar es Salaam refugee camp in Chad is home to around four thousand people. Many of the families have come from Baga, the scene of one of Boko Haram\u2019s worst massacres.\n\n The refugees arrived with nothing. They have seen their relatives die. Some have been wounded, but the psychological wounds will take longer to heal. \n\n Children at the camp are without their families. Their parents have died or they lost them when they escaped the massacres being committed by Boko Haram on the other side of the lake. \n\n Medecins Sans Fronteries is providing psychological help for those at the camp.\n\n \u201cWhat these children have seen, you wouldn\u2019t wish it on your worst enemy. The Islamists have taken their childhood,\u201d said Idriss Dezeh, Coordinator, Dar es Salaam refugee camp. \n\n Some of the refuges at the camp are trying to regain some sense of childhood. Among them, a group who are learning songs in French at a makeshift school in the camp. But while the language may be foreign to them, tragically the sound of gunfire is not. \n\n Their short lives so far already dominated by death and horror. \n\n Chad\u2019s president aims to \u2018destroy\u2019 Boko Haram\n\nPresident Idriss Deby has been in power in Chad for 25 years, during which time he has been directly or indirectly involved in most of the region\u2019s wars. In N\u2019Djamena, he explained the reasons for Chad\u2019s involvement in this latest battle against militant fighters.\n\n \u201cBoko Haram is supported, Boko Haram is financed, Boko Haram has received war material, including field armour. Who from? I don\u2019t know.\u201d\n\n Luis Carballo, euronews: How great is the threat currently posed by Boko Haram towards Chad?\n\n President Idriss D\u00e9by: \u201cUntil 2013, whatever Boko Haram did, however harmful those actions were to the population, it was within Nigeria. However, in 2013, Boko Haram started to extend its actions beyond Nigeria, especially into Cameroon and Niger. And, of course, Boko Haram ended up attacking Chad. It is an extremely dangerous organisation, and one which had the time to get organised, to recruit people who had no work. Boko Haram also has very tight links with Daesh \u2014 the Islamic State movement (ISIL) \u2014 and with AQMI \u2014 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. In economic terms, clearly, Chad\u2019s economy has lost substantially. Boko Haram decided to strangle Chad by disrupting the axis that joins us to the port of Douala in Cameroon, which is vital to Chad\u2019s interests. It was a potential danger to the entire sub-region. It is certain that no country in the sub-region can get out of this nebulous business on its own, hence, the need to pool our resources, limited as they are, to manage to curtail Boko Haram\u2019s capacity for harm.\u201d\n\n euronews: What are the exact objectives of this military intervention, to destroy Boko Haram or to keep it away from your borders?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cIt is to destroy Boko Haram, short and clean. It has to be destroyed, by any means.\u201d\n\n euronews: Your country, Chad, took part in Operation Serval in Mali in 2013, and in 2014 it was part of Operation Barkhane in the Sahel \u2014 against fundamentalist groups. Now, France is providing you with intelligence on Boko Haram, as are other countries. But maybe you\u2019d like a bigger involvement from Europe and the United States?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cNo. I believe you must understand that it\u2019s been 60 years, practically since African countries got their independence, that we ought to have been able to take responsibility for ourselves, we should be capable of handling our crises, we should be able to cope with terrorist movements first and foremost by uniting our efforts, African efforts.\u201d\n\n euronews: At the beginning of March, Boko Haram swore allegiance to the self-proclaimed Islamic State \u2014 Dawla al-Islamiya. Can this allegiance make them more dangerous as a terrorist group?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cWhat we have done is break Boko Haram\u2019s military strength. We have also disrupted its military staff. All that, I think, can only show us the real face of Boko Haram, which is not, as it is said, an organisation at local African level, at the level of Nigeria, but an organisation that has links to other terrorist organisations of the world, in particular Islamic State. One has to ask what is behind Boko Haram.\u201d\n\n euronews: That is my next question. We don\u2019t have much information on the number of fighters Boko Haram has, or its financial sources. We know they get money through kidnapping ransoms and robberies. But do you think Boko Haram receives money from foreign countries?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cBoko Haram is supported, Boko Haram is financed, Boko Haram has received war material, including field armour. Who from? I don\u2019t know.\u201d\n\n euronews: But you are sure that they have received outside support?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cWell, how else do you think that a terrorist organisation can conquer one third of a big country like Nigeria, with an organised army, with armoured vehicles, with methods of operation that resemble those of a regular army?! They don\u2019t make armoured vehicles in Nigeria, they don\u2019t make weapons. Therefore, all that hasn\u2019t just fallen from the sky.\u201d\n\n euronews: We have seen that groups close to Daesh are also operating in Libya. Could that become a new front on your northern border?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cIn 2011, when the West and NATO triggered military operations in Libya, I warned them. I had no love for Gaddafi, but the way they got rid of him, which left a country super-equipped, militarily, heavily armed. No measures were taken, I\u2019d say, to manage the time after Gaddafi, to prevent weapons from leaving Libya. Since Gaddafi\u2019s assassination, we\u2019ve been on a war footing. In the north, the same as for our other borders, weapons cross, Daesh grows, and the terrorists also develop in Libya. There is a real physical threat to the countries of Africa south of the Sahara.\u201d\n\n euronews: Chad is a mostly Muslim country, and you are a Muslim. Given that, what\u2019s your opinion of Daesh appropriating your religion, Islam?\n\n President D\u00e9by: \u201cWhat Daesh or Islamic State or Boko Haram do is far, far from Islamic. I reject it, and Muslims must not just stand by and let it happen. We\u2019ve let it go on for a long time and it\u2019s high time that Muslims get organised and confront this terrorist organisation that has nothing at all Muslim about it. Those are not Muslims, and we have to fight those people. Muslims must fight those people.\u201d\n\n The anti-Boko Haram coalition appears to be making real progress by expelling Islamists from the areas they occupied in Nigeria. \n\n But will this be enough to be able to talk about the end of this sinister organisation, or is Boko Haram preparing a terrible revenge?\n\n (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \u201c\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\u201d; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, \u2018script\u2019, \u2018facebook-jssdk\u2019));03\/04\/2015. On our way to the frontline in a military transport plane. Chad\u2019s Army used the same plane to bring extra troops and supplies to the frontlinePosted by euronews on Tuesday, 7 April 2015\n\n Luis Carballo will be online to discuss his experiences in Chad on Thursday at 15:00 CET. He\u2019ll answer your questions in English, Spanish or French so please post them in the live blog at the foot of this page, email them to askluis@scribblelive.com or Tweet them using the hashtag #askeuronewsluis. You can follow Luis on Twitter @granangular.","htmlText":"For more than a decade, the Islamist group Boko Haram had a limited strategy: to create an Islamic caliphate in northern Nigeria. But now it has spread its terror campaign to neighbouring countries as well.<\/p>\nChad, Niger and Cameroon have responded with a military alliance which, since January, has been helping the Abuja government.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n\u201cWhat these children have seen, you wouldn\u2019t wish it on your worst enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nIn March, Boko Haram signed a deal with ISIL, or the self proclaimed Islamic State. This turned the conflict into an international one, switching on red lights across the region and accelerating a joint offensive.<\/p>\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));> Our correspondent Luis Carballo has been living alongside the Chadian military to see first hand what remains of Malam...<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nPosted by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//euronews/">euronews on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//media//set//?set=a.10152974173538110.1073741891.101402598109&type=1\%22>Tuesday, 7 April 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe latest war in Africa is being fought in a desert, a triangle of the porous borders of Nigeria, Niger and Chad. It\u2019s a conflict between a regional coalition and one of the most barbaric and ruthless jihadist organisations in the world, the Nigerian group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<h3>Liberating Malam Fatori<\/h3>Euronews has been on the frontline, embedded with Chad\u2019s army, during the liberation of a very important village in northern Nigeria. \u201cWe\u2019re making the dangerous journey to the village of Malam Fatori,\u201d said euronews reporter Luis Carballo, onboard a helicopter, travelling with the joint military force of Niger and Chad.<\/p>\n\u201cSoldiers from Chad and Niger have been in control there since the end of March, but there\u2019s still some resistance from Boko Haram nearby.\u201d<\/p>\nAround 50 metres away from Malam Fatori is the base of a strike force, which has been re-taking Boko Haram strongholds in northern Nigeria. The soldiers at the outpost are hardened in close combat and are used to the harsh environment in which they operate. The heat and sand could otherwise be a challenge. The troops are not afraid of dying, but they know the enemy is not afraid either.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n\u201cThe streets are deserted, the houses are empty and there\u2019s no sign of any business going on on \u2013 no workers, nobody shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nBoko Haram fighters think death is the quickest way to reach paradise. It is something that is promised to them by their group leaders, through their interpretation of Islam.<\/p>\nAmong the mass of military troops at the outpost, there is an unusual sight. Two four star generals, chiefs of staff from Niger and Chad, alongside each other.<\/p>\nSome days later, euronews discovers from a source close to Chad\u2019s government that it was thought the leader of Boko Haram had been killed. Abubakar Shekau took over the militant group in 2009 and has turned it into a killing machine.<\/p>\nHe was believed to have died during during a battle in the 24 hours that followed the liberation of Malam Fatori. But it turns out that Shekau was not among an estimated 200 Boko Haram fighters who it is claimed lost their lives. Chad\u2019s army says nine of its soldiers were also killed in the violence.<\/p>\nThe only proof euronews sees of the battle is a haul of weapons. According to Chad\u2019s army, the weapons were seized from the militants who were killed in the fighting. Among them are dozens of Kalashnikovs. The weapons have most probably been stolen or originally left by the Nigerian army.<\/p>\nThe liberation of Malam Fatori is a major strategic victory as troops take on Boko Haram.<\/p>\n\u201cThis joint operation, particularly Chad\u2019s involvement, is starting to change things on the ground,\u201d said Carballo.<\/p>\nBoko Haram used Malam Fatori as a command centre, launching attacks against Niger and Chad. The Nigerian village is less than four kilometres from the border with Niger.<\/p>\nThe journey from base camp to Malam Fatori takes just a few minutes.<\/p>\nThe village has become a ghost town. The streets are deserted, the houses are empty and there\u2019s no sign of any business going on on \u2013 no workers, nobody shopping.<\/p>\nMalam Fatori used to be home to 30-thousand people, it was the venue of an important market. But after five months of strict Sharia law, imposed by Boko Haram, it is now a shadow of its former self. The only people to be seen are mainly elderly men and a few children. Very few women, and none of them young.<\/p>\nThe mother of a boy seen in the area recalls what happened 72 hours earlier, when the area was freed from militants. \u201cBoko Haram left the village when they saw soldiers coming. They escaped in all directions. Before they left, they told us to get out of our houses \u2013 and they burned them,\u201d said the woman.<\/p>\nOther residents returning to the village tell euronews that when Boko Haram left, they took dozens of young women with them.<\/p>\nIt is claimed they were stripped naked, so they would not escape. Since then, there has been no sign of them. Other women confirm the girls were kidnapped. They say male teenagers were killed.<\/p>\n\u201cBoko Haram took the girls for forced marriage. They also took young children and cut the throats of male teenagers,\u201d said one of them.<\/p>\n\u201cBoko Haram had eyes and ears everywhere. They monitored every movement \u2013 when we went out in the street, when we were in our houses, they were looking at us all of the time.\u201d<\/p>\nThe tragedy in Malam Fatori, as with many others in Nigeria, seems like something from another era. Something inconceivable in the 21st century.<\/p>\nA feeling of collective paranoia is so strong that it is impossible to separate facts from rumours about massacres, murders and kidnappings. And this is the strategy of Boko Haram, to conquer through fear.<\/p>\n<h3>Boko Haram militancy threatens Chad\u2019s economy<\/h3>The river Chari is the natural border between Chad and Cameroon. It is very easy to cross the border in a boat or to swim across. On one bank lies the village of Kousseri. On the other side is N\u2019Djamena, the capital of Chad. The Ngueli bridge stretches across the river, a meeting point for people and trade. Thousands of people cross it every day. Until recently, the main problem facing customs officers was smugglers. But now things are very different.<\/p>\n\u201cSecurity has been boosted to prevent terrorist attacks and gun smuggling,\u201d says Carballo.<\/p>\nChad\u2019s taking the threat seriously because several of Boko Haram\u2019s attacks in Cameroon have happened just a few kilometres away from here.<\/p>\nFor Chad, there is also an economic dimension. Militant attacks have endangered the routes it uses to trade with Nigeria and Cameroon. The border with Nigeria has been closed for more than a year.<\/p>\nSo the only remaining option for Chad \u2013 a landlocked country which imports most of what it consumes \u2013 is Cameroon. The goods arrive by road along a route which Boko Haram has been targeting for months. The route starts in the Cameroon port of Douala and ends in N\u2019Djamena. The alternative link means more fuel, less goods and higher prices in the markets.<\/p>\nMany more months of combat on the border could end up destroying Chad\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<h3>Seeking safe refuge at Dar es Salaam camp<\/h3>Over the last three months, around 20,000 Nigerians have crossed Lake Chad looking for safe shelter. Everyone who has fled has a story to tell. > \u201cThe refugees arrived with nothing. They have seen their relatives die. Some have been wounded, but the psychological wounds will take longer to heal.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Dar es Salaam refugee camp in Chad is home to around four thousand people. Many of the families have come from Baga, the scene of one of Boko Haram\u2019s worst massacres.<\/p>\nThe refugees arrived with nothing. They have seen their relatives die. Some have been wounded, but the psychological wounds will take longer to heal.<\/p>\nChildren at the camp are without their families. Their parents have died or they lost them when they escaped the massacres being committed by Boko Haram on the other side of the lake.<\/p>\nMedecins Sans Fronteries is providing psychological help for those at the camp.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat these children have seen, you wouldn\u2019t wish it on your worst enemy. The Islamists have taken their childhood,\u201d said Idriss Dezeh, Coordinator, Dar es Salaam refugee camp.<\/p>\nSome of the refuges at the camp are trying to regain some sense of childhood. Among them, a group who are learning songs in French at a makeshift school in the camp. But while the language may be foreign to them, tragically the sound of gunfire is not.<\/p>\nTheir short lives so far already dominated by death and horror.<\/p>\n<h3>Chad\u2019s president aims to \u2018destroy\u2019 Boko Haram<\/h3>President Idriss Deby has been in power in Chad for 25 years, during which time he has been directly or indirectly involved in most of the region\u2019s wars. In N\u2019Djamena, he explained the reasons for Chad\u2019s involvement in this latest battle against militant fighters. > \u201cBoko Haram is supported, Boko Haram is financed, Boko Haram has received war material, including field armour. Who from? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\nLuis Carballo, euronews:<\/strong> How great is the threat currently posed by Boko Haram towards Chad?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident Idriss D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cUntil 2013, whatever Boko Haram did, however harmful those actions were to the population, it was within Nigeria. However, in 2013, Boko Haram started to extend its actions beyond Nigeria, especially into Cameroon and Niger. And, of course, Boko Haram ended up attacking Chad. It is an extremely dangerous organisation, and one which had the time to get organised, to recruit people who had no work. Boko Haram also has very tight links with Daesh \u2014 the Islamic State movement (ISIL) \u2014 and with AQMI \u2014 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. In economic terms, clearly, Chad\u2019s economy has lost substantially. Boko Haram decided to strangle Chad by disrupting the axis that joins us to the port of Douala in Cameroon, which is vital to Chad\u2019s interests. It was a potential danger to the entire sub-region. It is certain that no country in the sub-region can get out of this nebulous business on its own, hence, the need to pool our resources, limited as they are, to manage to curtail Boko Haram\u2019s capacity for harm.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> What are the exact objectives of this military intervention, to destroy Boko Haram or to keep it away from your borders?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cIt is to destroy Boko Haram, short and clean. It has to be destroyed, by any means.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> Your country, Chad, took part in Operation Serval in Mali in 2013, and in 2014 it was part of Operation Barkhane in the Sahel \u2014 against fundamentalist groups. Now, France is providing you with intelligence on Boko Haram, as are other countries. But maybe you\u2019d like a bigger involvement from Europe and the United States?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cNo. I believe you must understand that it\u2019s been 60 years, practically since African countries got their independence, that we ought to have been able to take responsibility for ourselves, we should be capable of handling our crises, we should be able to cope with terrorist movements first and foremost by uniting our efforts, African efforts.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> At the beginning of March, Boko Haram swore allegiance to the self-proclaimed Islamic State \u2014 Dawla al-Islamiya. Can this allegiance make them more dangerous as a terrorist group?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cWhat we have done is break Boko Haram\u2019s military strength. We have also disrupted its military staff. All that, I think, can only show us the real face of Boko Haram, which is not, as it is said, an organisation at local African level, at the level of Nigeria, but an organisation that has links to other terrorist organisations of the world, in particular Islamic State. One has to ask what is behind Boko Haram.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> That is my next question. We don\u2019t have much information on the number of fighters Boko Haram has, or its financial sources. We know they get money through kidnapping ransoms and robberies. But do you think Boko Haram receives money from foreign countries?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cBoko Haram is supported, Boko Haram is financed, Boko Haram has received war material, including field armour. Who from? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> But you are sure that they have received outside support?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cWell, how else do you think that a terrorist organisation can conquer one third of a big country like Nigeria, with an organised army, with armoured vehicles, with methods of operation that resemble those of a regular army?! They don\u2019t make armoured vehicles in Nigeria, they don\u2019t make weapons. Therefore, all that hasn\u2019t just fallen from the sky.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> We have seen that groups close to Daesh are also operating in Libya. Could that become a new front on your northern border?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cIn 2011, when the West and NATO triggered military operations in Libya, I warned them. I had no love for Gaddafi, but the way they got rid of him, which left a country super-equipped, militarily, heavily armed. No measures were taken, I\u2019d say, to manage the time after Gaddafi, to prevent weapons from leaving Libya. Since Gaddafi\u2019s assassination, we\u2019ve been on a war footing. In the north, the same as for our other borders, weapons cross, Daesh grows, and the terrorists also develop in Libya. There is a real physical threat to the countries of Africa south of the Sahara.\u201d<\/p>\neuronews:<\/strong> Chad is a mostly Muslim country, and you are a Muslim. Given that, what\u2019s your opinion of Daesh appropriating your religion, Islam?<\/em><\/p>\nPresident D\u00e9by:<\/strong> \u201cWhat Daesh or Islamic State or Boko Haram do is far, far from Islamic. I reject it, and Muslims must not just stand by and let it happen. We\u2019ve let it go on for a long time and it\u2019s high time that Muslims get organised and confront this terrorist organisation that has nothing at all Muslim about it. Those are not Muslims, and we have to fight those people. Muslims must fight those people.\u201d<\/p>\nThe anti-Boko Haram coalition appears to be making real progress by expelling Islamists from the areas they occupied in Nigeria.<\/p>\nBut will this be enough to be able to talk about the end of this sinister organisation, or is Boko Haram preparing a terrible revenge?<\/p>\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"#fn4125730096532e0599253e\">0; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));> 03\/04\/2015. On our way to the frontline in a military transport plane. Chad's Army used the same plane to bring extra troops and supplies to the frontline<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nPosted by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//euronews/">euronews on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//euronews//photos//a.10152974173538110.1073741891.101402598109//10152974173703110//?type=1\%22>Tuesday, 7 April 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Reporter Luis Carballo answers your questions on the fight against Boko Haram<\/h3> You can follow Luis on Twitter<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/granangular?lang=en\">@granangular<\/a>.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1429215004,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1429215004,"firstPublishedAt":1429215004,"lastPublishedAt":1429215004,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/303946\/{{w}}x{{h}}_303946.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"africa","titleRaw":"Africa","id":3,"title":"Africa","slug":"africa"},{"urlSafeValue":"chad","titleRaw":"Chad","id":50,"title":"Chad","slug":"chad"},{"urlSafeValue":"terrorism","titleRaw":"Terrorism","id":274,"title":"Terrorism","slug":"terrorism"},{"urlSafeValue":"boko-haram","titleRaw":"Boko Haram","id":11840,"title":"Boko Haram","slug":"boko-haram"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":303344}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":50,"urlSafeValue":"chad","title":"Chad","url":"\/news\/africa\/chad"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'neg_nespresso','neg_facebook_2021','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_saudiaramco','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_q4','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','gv_terrorism','neg_facebook_neg1','neg_citi_campaign','gt_negative','gv_death_injury','gv_military','gt_negative_fear','gv_crime'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"SPECIAL BOKO HARAM: Part 1","path":"\/2015\/04\/16\/fighting-boko-haram-chad-aims-to-destroy-militant-group","lastModified":1429215004},{"id":303449,"cid":2476107,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150403_NWAN_160B0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Chadian general blasts Boko Haram as 'outright international enemy'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"keySentence":"","url":"chadian-general-blasts-boko-haram-as-outright-international-enemy","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/04\/03\/chadian-general-blasts-boko-haram-as-outright-international-enemy","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"From the field of conflict against the Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram, euronews correspondent Luis Carballo has been talking to Army Chief of Staff General Brahim Seid Mahamat. He has been involved in a coalition against the radical militants since January. \n\nAs part of an African Union-mandated regional offensive also including Niger and Cameroon, Chad\u2019s battle-hardened troops have expelled the Islamist group from the major towns of northeast Nigeria in a matter of weeks.\n\nAll these countries have suffered from Boko Haram\u2019s attacks.\n\nGENOlukolade #chad #BokoHaram Chadian army making progress in pushing back #BokoHaram DlaminiZuma MilitaryTimes pic.twitter.com\/UVGLnF7jzN\u2014 securityinafrica.com (africansecurity) April 2, 2015\n\nAlthough soft-spoken during our interview, General Mahamat was critical of the Nigerian Army. He explained some of the key reasons for his country getting involved.\n\n\u201cChad imports almost everything it needs from Nigeria and Cameroon. The principle entry axis is by Maiduguri [the biggest city in north-eastern Nigeria, which is the heartland of the conflict] and through Gamburu. Imports cross Cameroon to get to Chad.\n\nFight Against Boko Haram: 200 Vehicles With Niger & Chad Soldiers Arrive Nigeria \u2013 http:\/\/t.co\/R42hWwFFh5 pic.twitter.com\/AbgtZeQbnk\u2014 77even WebsiteDesign (@jos4kay) March 10, 2015\n\n\u201cBoko Haram has totally blocked that axis; the Nigerian Army has been totally absent. All the towns along that axis have been taken by Boko Haram. Then the militants tried to move into Cameroon, thereby creating a situation all the way along that axis. That is one of the reasons that Chad was forced to intervene.\n\n\u201cThe second reason is that Boko Haram is trying to extend its reach into the other countries that border northern Nigeria\u2019s three provinces. That\u2019s how they are starting to make inroads into Niger and Chad.\n\n\u201cI would say that Boko Haram is an outright enemy of the international community, terrorists. That goes for Niger, Nigeria, Chad or Cameroon. They are individuals who are harming our people and our countries.\u201d\n\nEn 5 ans, #BokoHaram a tu\u00e9 entre 10 000 et 25 000 personnes. 1,5 million forc\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019exil. http:\/\/t.co\/P3dpCawJ1P pic.twitter.com\/0xqTZX8Vuk\u2014 Breaking3zero (@Breaking3zero) March 30, 2015\n\nA peine \u00e9lu, Buhari d\u00e9clare la guerre \u00e0 Boko Haram http:\/\/t.co\/Addd2kbfN8 #Monde pic.twitter.com\/Xaiyf4DkgG\u2014 Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve (@tdgch) April 1, 2015\n\nNigeria\u2019s new President, Muhammadu Buhari, branded his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s reliance on Chad to suppress the insurgency as a national disgrace, and promises to do better.\n\nSoldiers from Chad and Niger kill \u2018hundreds\u2019 of #Boko Haram militants in push to retake ground http:\/\/t.co\/rZma0GnvoC pic.twitter.com\/6Q4IPJ8oHu\u2014 Christian Today (@ChristianToday) April 2, 2015","htmlText":"From the field of conflict against the Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram, euronews correspondent Luis Carballo has been talking to Army Chief of Staff General Brahim Seid Mahamat. He has been involved in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.thisdaylive.com//articles//regional-defence-chiefs-meet-on-offensive-against-boko-haram//204303///">coalition against the radical militants since January.<\/p>\nAs part of an African Union-mandated regional offensive also including Niger and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.npr.org//blogs//goatsandsoda//2015//04//02//393647467//the-kids-brainwashed-by-boko-haram-are-silent-for-good-reason/">Cameroon, Chad\u2019s battle-hardened troops have expelled the Islamist group from the major towns of northeast Nigeria in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\nAll these countries have suffered from Boko Haram\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//GENOlukolade/">GENOlukolade<//a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//chad?src=hash\%22>#chad<\/a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//BokoHaram?src=hash\%22>#BokoHaram<\/a> Chadian army making progress in pushing back <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//BokoHaram?src=hash\%22>#BokoHaram<\/a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//DlaminiZuma/">DlaminiZuma <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//MilitaryTimes/">MilitaryTimes<//a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//UVGLnF7jzN/">pic.twitter.com//UVGLnF7jzN<//a><//p>&mdash; securityinafrica.com (<\/code>africansecurity) <\/a><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//africansecurity//status//583504652609658880/">April 2, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAlthough soft-spoken during our interview, General Mahamat was critical of the Nigerian Army. He explained some of the key reasons for his country getting involved.<\/p>\n\u201cChad imports almost everything it needs from Nigeria and Cameroon. The principle entry axis is by Maiduguri [the biggest city in north-eastern Nigeria, which is the heartland of the conflict] and through Gamburu. Imports cross Cameroon to get to Chad.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nFight Against Boko Haram: 200 Vehicles With Niger & Chad Soldiers Arrive Nigeria \u2013 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//R42hWwFFh5/">http:////t.co//R42hWwFFh5 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//AbgtZeQbnk/">pic.twitter.com//AbgtZeQbnk/n

/u2014 77even WebsiteDesign (@jos4kay) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//jos4kay//status//575361307953733632/">March 10, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\u201cBoko Haram has totally blocked that axis; the Nigerian Army has been totally absent. All the towns along that axis have been taken by Boko Haram. Then the militants tried to move into Cameroon, thereby creating a situation all the way along that axis. That is one of the reasons that Chad was forced to intervene.<\/p>\n\u201cThe second reason is that Boko Haram is trying to extend its reach into the other countries that border northern Nigeria\u2019s three provinces. That\u2019s how they are starting to make inroads into Niger and Chad.<\/p>\n\u201cI would say that Boko Haram is an outright enemy of the international community, terrorists. That goes for Niger, Nigeria, Chad or Cameroon. They are individuals who are harming our people and our countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nEn 5 ans, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//BokoHaram?src=hash\%22>#BokoHaram<\/a> a tu\u00e9 entre 10 000 et 25 000 personnes. 1,5 million forc\u00e9es \u00e0 l'exil. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//P3dpCawJ1P/">http:////t.co//P3dpCawJ1P <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//0xqTZX8Vuk/">pic.twitter.com//0xqTZX8Vuk/n

/u2014 Breaking3zero (@Breaking3zero) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//Breaking3zero//status//582449800576004096/">March 30, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\nA peine \u00e9lu, Buhari d\u00e9clare la guerre \u00e0 Boko Haram <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//Addd2kbfN8/">http:////t.co//Addd2kbfN8 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//Monde?src=hash\%22>#Monde<\/a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//Xaiyf4DkgG/">pic.twitter.com//Xaiyf4DkgG/n

/u2014 Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve (@tdgch) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//tdgch//status//583360717404831746/">April 1, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nNigeria\u2019s new President, Muhammadu Buhari, branded his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s reliance on Chad to suppress the insurgency as a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.reuters.com//article//2015//04//02//us-nigeria-violence-boko-haram-analysis-idUSKBN0MT1G320150402/">national disgrace<\/a>, and promises to do better.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nSoldiers from Chad and Niger kill 'hundreds' of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//Boko?src=hash\%22>#Boko<\/a> Haram militants in push to retake ground <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//rZma0GnvoC/">http:////t.co//rZma0GnvoC <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//6Q4IPJ8oHu/">pic.twitter.com//6Q4IPJ8oHu/n

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It links Cameroon to the outskirts of the Chadian capital, Ndjamena. Controls have been reinforced to avoid terrorist attacks and the illegal entry of guns.\u201d\n\n Customs officers have established a basic but effective system \u2013 if a face doesn\u2019t fit, arrests are made.\n\n Mbainaissem Amon is a police officer and insisted things are under control:\n\n \u201cHere we have the total security with the Gendarmerie everywhere,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s needed as protection against Boko Haram who operate between the countries,. So at 7 o\u2019clock in the morning the bridge barrier is opened for the students who come from Kousseri to Chad where they study in our schools\u2026 yes there is complete security in Chad.\u201d\n\n But the consequences of Boko Haram attacks go further. Frontiers with land-locked Chad have been closed or restricted and imports have become an expensive life line. 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Controls have been reinforced to avoid terrorist attacks and the illegal entry of guns.\u201d<\/p>\nCustoms officers have established a basic but effective system \u2013 if a face doesn\u2019t fit, arrests are made.<\/p>\nMbainaissem Amon is a police officer and insisted things are under control:<\/p>\n\u201cHere we have the total security with the Gendarmerie everywhere,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s needed as protection against Boko Haram who operate between the countries,. So at 7 o\u2019clock in the morning the bridge barrier is opened for the students who come from Kousseri to Chad where they study in our schools\u2026 yes there is complete security in Chad.\u201d<\/p>\nBut the consequences of Boko Haram attacks go further. Frontiers with land-locked Chad have been closed or restricted and imports have become an expensive life line. 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Some saw other children die next to them. Some barely escaped being executed. Fortunately, at this age, one forgets things very quickly. Each one has a special story.\u201d\n\n Much about the camp schools is improvised. The Nigerians speak English while the Chadians use French \u2014 another sort of confusion for children who have been through such extreme experiences.\n\n Our correspondent, Luis Carballo, said: \u201cIn the ten years of its existence, Boko Haram has killed and kidnapped thousands of civilians. Tens of thousands have fled from Nigeria to escape this group that uses terror and extreme cruelty as weapons. Besides having lost everything, most of these refugees have suffered deep psychological traumas.\u201d\n\n Kidnapping ordinary people is intended to spread fear. The group buys, sells and enslaves its captives.\n\n Not knowing what happened to parents or others in a family inflicts great strain. A lot of families in the camp come from Baga \u2014 the site of one of the worst Boko Haram massacres in Nigeria, which happened in January. \n\n Stephanie Giandonato, head of the MSF mission in Chad, said: \u201cMany of these refugees witnessed the deaths of their loved ones in acts of extreme violence. When these people reach Chadian territory and the Dar es Salaam camp, they\u2019re not only physically weakened because crossing the lake is very complicated, but also psychologically weak.\u201d\n\n Danger in Chad has also increased since Boko Haram attacked across the border in February. \n\n The group wants its own Islamic Caliphate in Northern Nigeria. Government forces there say they have driven the group from all but three of the 20 areas it occupied at the beginning of the year, but thousands of refugees remain in camps, terrified to go home.","htmlText":"Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) has deployed an emergency team to Chad. The NGO is helping an estimated 18,300 refugees and 8,500 Chadian returnees, according to UN figures.<\/p>\nThese people have been displaced by the brutality of the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram.<\/p>\nMSF is also offering mental health care in the Dar es Salaam refugee camp in Chad\u2019s Lake Region, focused on the children.<\/p>\nThe camp\u2019s chief manager, Idriss Dezeh, said: \u201cSome saw their parents die. Some saw their parents leave them. Some saw other children die next to them. Some barely escaped being executed. Fortunately, at this age, one forgets things very quickly. Each one has a special story.\u201d<\/p>\nMuch about the camp schools is improvised. The Nigerians speak English while the Chadians use French \u2014 another sort of confusion for children who have been through such extreme experiences.<\/p>\nOur correspondent, Luis Carballo, said: \u201cIn the ten years of its existence, Boko Haram has killed and kidnapped thousands of civilians. Tens of thousands have fled from Nigeria to escape this group that uses terror and extreme cruelty as weapons. Besides having lost everything, most of these refugees have suffered deep psychological traumas.\u201d<\/p>\nKidnapping ordinary people is intended to spread fear. The group buys, sells and enslaves its captives.<\/p>\nNot knowing what happened to parents or others in a family inflicts great strain. A lot of families in the camp come from Baga \u2014 the site of one of the worst Boko Haram massacres in Nigeria, which happened in January.<\/p>\nStephanie Giandonato, head of the MSF mission in Chad, said: \u201cMany of these refugees witnessed the deaths of their loved ones in acts of extreme violence. When these people reach Chadian territory and the Dar es Salaam camp, they\u2019re not only physically weakened because crossing the lake is very complicated, but also psychologically weak.\u201d<\/p>\nDanger in Chad has also increased since Boko Haram attacked across the border in February.<\/p>\nThe group wants its own Islamic Caliphate in Northern Nigeria. 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The five-nation alliance claims it successfully beat back Boko Haram militants in the strategically-positioned border town of Baga, north east Nigeria, on Saturday (February 21). \n\n Captain Mahmat Madaga was optimistic about the Union\u2019s mission.\n\u201cBoko Haram is a militia made up of civilians,\u201d he said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have the same experience we have. We are a well-organised army, they cannot withstand us.\u201d\n\n Meanwhile, on a visit to Niger \u2013 one of the nations affected by the spillover of violence from the conflict \u2013 French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius pledged support for the Union\u2019s bid to win the backing of the UN Security Council.","htmlText":"Elite forces from the US, Britain and other western countries have begun training African Union troops in Chad.<\/p>\nChad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Benin <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.euronews.com//2015//02//01//7500-african-union-troops-to-fight-boko-haram///">have joined forces in a new coalition<\/a> with the goal of wiping out Boko Haram.<\/p>\nThe military exercises are being billed a warm-up for an offensive against the insurgent group, which has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.euronews.com//2015//02//14//footage-shows-boko-haram-s-latest-deadly-attack///">killed thousands in a six-year war<\/a> in and around northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nRT <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//StateDept/">@StateDept: President Obama at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//CVESummit?src=hash\%22>#CVESummit<\/a>: We must remain unwavering in our fight against terrorist organizations. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//6CsEdX0iRu/">http:////t.co//6CsEdX0iRu/n

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We are a well-organised army, they cannot withstand us.\u201d<\/p>\nMeanwhile, on a visit to Niger \u2013 one of the nations affected by the spillover of violence from the conflict \u2013 French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius pledged support for the Union\u2019s bid to win the backing of the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1424697422,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1424697422,"firstPublishedAt":1424697422,"lastPublishedAt":1424697422,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/300354\/{{w}}x{{h}}_300354.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"canada","titleRaw":"Canada","id":44,"title":"Canada","slug":"canada"},{"urlSafeValue":"chad","titleRaw":"Chad","id":50,"title":"Chad","slug":"chad"},{"urlSafeValue":"usa","titleRaw":"USA","id":447,"title":"USA","slug":"usa"},{"urlSafeValue":"islamists","titleRaw":"Islamists","id":5244,"title":"Islamists","slug":"islamists"},{"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom","id":7800,"title":"United Kingdom","slug":"united-kingdom"},{"urlSafeValue":"boko-haram","titleRaw":"Boko Haram","id":11840,"title":"Boko Haram","slug":"boko-haram"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x2hwqdk"},"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"Reuters","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":50,"urlSafeValue":"chad","title":"Chad","url":"\/news\/africa\/chad"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','neg_nespresso','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','neg_facebook_q4','neg_saudiaramco','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_neg1','castrol_negative_uk','gs_politics','neg_mobkoi_castrol','sm_politics','gs_politics_misc','gv_terrorism','gv_military','gt_negative'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM","path":"\/2015\/02\/23\/african-union-intensifies-efforts-to-defeat-boko-haram","lastModified":1424697422},{"id":299404,"cid":2440524,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150214_NWSU_220A0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Footage shows Boko Haram's latest deadly attack","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"For the first time, the Islamist militant group attacked a village in Chad, killing several people.","summary":"For the first time, the Islamist militant group attacked a village in Chad, killing several people.","keySentence":"","url":"footage-shows-boko-haram-s-latest-deadly-attack","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/02\/14\/footage-shows-boko-haram-s-latest-deadly-attack","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ariel footage released on Saturday shows the destruction caused by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on a village in Chad a day earlier.\n\n Arriving by motorboat in the middle of the night, the rebels set houses ablaze and attacked a police station in Ngouboua on Lake Chad.\nSeveral people were killed. \n\n The attack was Boko Haram\u2019s first strike on Chad. 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Once the area is secure, people will come back and they will stay.\u201d\n\n On Saturday, Nigerian troops repelled the latest violence by the jihadists on the city of Gombe.\n\n Nigeria\u00a0has\u00a0postponed\u00a0a\u00a0presidential\u00a0election,\u00a0thathad\u00a0been\u00a0due\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday,\u00a0for\u00a0six\u00a0weeks,\u00a0citing\u00a0the\u00a0security\u00a0threat\u00a0from\u00a0the militant group.\n\n Boko Haram seeks to carve out an Islamist emirate around the borders of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger.","htmlText":"Ariel footage released on Saturday shows the destruction caused by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on a village in Chad a day earlier.<\/p>\nArriving by motorboat in the middle of the night, the rebels set houses ablaze and attacked a police station in Ngouboua on Lake Chad. Several people were killed.<\/p>\nThe attack was Boko Haram\u2019s first strike on Chad. They already control a large area of northwestern Nigeria after deadly attacks on several cities and towns.<\/p>\nBayana Kossingar, the regional governor said:<\/p>\n\u201cWe knew it would happen eventually. But this will never happen again. We have troops coming in to protect the region. Once the area is secure, people will come back and they will stay.\u201d<\/p>\nOn Saturday, Nigerian troops repelled the latest violence by the jihadists on the city of Gombe.<\/p>\nNigeria has postponed a presidential election, thathad been due on Saturday, for six weeks, citing the security threat from the militant group.<\/p>\nBoko Haram seeks to carve out an Islamist emirate around the borders of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1423950301,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1423950301,"firstPublishedAt":1423950301,"lastPublishedAt":1423950301,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/299404\/{{w}}x{{h}}_299404.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"chad","titleRaw":"Chad","id":50,"title":"Chad","slug":"chad"},{"urlSafeValue":"nigeria","titleRaw":"Nigeria","id":214,"title":"Nigeria","slug":"nigeria"},{"urlSafeValue":"terrorism","titleRaw":"Terrorism","id":274,"title":"Terrorism","slug":"terrorism"},{"urlSafeValue":"attack","titleRaw":"Attack","id":7815,"title":"Attack","slug":"attack"},{"urlSafeValue":"boko-haram","titleRaw":"Boko Haram","id":11840,"title":"Boko Haram","slug":"boko-haram"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":50,"urlSafeValue":"chad","title":"Chad","url":"\/news\/africa\/chad"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','neg_nespresso','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_saudiaramco','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','neg_facebook_q4','neg_facebook','gv_terrorism','gv_death_injury','neg_facebook_neg2','neg_bucherer','gt_negative','gs_politics'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"BOKO HARAM ATTACKS","path":"\/2015\/02\/14\/footage-shows-boko-haram-s-latest-deadly-attack","lastModified":1423950301},{"id":298236,"cid":2430002,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150204_NWSU_180A0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Chadian forces kill hundreds of Boko Haram militants in north east Nigeria","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Chad\u2019s army claims it has killed some 200 Boko Haram militants in the towns of Gambaru and Ngala near the border with Cameroon. 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It is not Godly, what they are doing, you cannot slaughter humans like animals.\u201d\n\n Fleeing Boko Haram fighters headed into Cameroon and attacked the village of Fotokol.\n\n Cameroonian authorities said the militants have been repelled.\n\n As the north east of the country is gripped by violence Nigeria is preparing for a presidential election on February 14.\n\n According to the electoral commission the one million displaced persons will be able to cast their ballots.\n\n Though it admits the poll may have to be postponed.","htmlText":"Chad\u2019s army claims it has killed some 200 Boko Haram militants in the towns of Gambaru and Ngala near the border with Cameroon.<\/p>\nAround 2,000 Chadian troops with armoured support crossed into Nigeria yesterday and recaptured the towns though there are reports of sporadic fighting.<\/p>\nAn unnamed Chadian officer made the following statement: \u201cWe dispersed them completely and prevented them from regathering. 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It is not Godly, what they are doing, you cannot slaughter humans like animals.\u201d<\/p>\nFleeing Boko Haram fighters headed into Cameroon and attacked the village of Fotokol.<\/p>\nCameroonian authorities said the militants have been repelled.<\/p>\nAs the north east of the country is gripped by violence Nigeria is preparing for a presidential election on February 14.<\/p>\nAccording to the electoral commission the one million displaced persons will be able to cast their ballots.<\/p>\nThough it admits the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.ibtimes.co.in//nigeria-elections-time-boko-haram-violence-displacement-religious-tensions-622221/">poll may have to be postponed.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1423071555,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1423071555,"firstPublishedAt":1423071555,"lastPublishedAt":1423071555,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/298236\/{{w}}x{{h}}_298236.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"chad","titleRaw":"Chad","id":50,"title":"Chad","slug":"chad"},{"urlSafeValue":"nigeria","titleRaw":"Nigeria","id":214,"title":"Nigeria","slug":"nigeria"},{"urlSafeValue":"violence-in-nigeria","titleRaw":"Violence in Nigeria","id":7988,"title":"Violence in Nigeria","slug":"violence-in-nigeria"},{"urlSafeValue":"death","titleRaw":"Death","id":8087,"title":"Death","slug":"death"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":297696}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x2gf40n"},"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":50,"urlSafeValue":"chad","title":"Chad","url":"\/news\/africa\/chad"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','neg_facebook','neg_nespresso','neg_saudiaramco','castrol_negative_uk','gs_politics','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_politics_misc','gv_death_injury','gt_negative','gv_crime'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"BOKO HARAM CASUALTIES","path":"\/2015\/02\/04\/chadian-forces-kill-hundreds-of-boko-haram-militants-in-north-east-nigeria","lastModified":1423071555}]" data-api-url="/api/country/chad">

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                      Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) has deployed an emergency team to Chad. The NGO is helping an estimated 18,300 refugees and


            01/04/2015

African Union intensifies efforts to defeat Boko Haram


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`African Union intensifies efforts to defeat Boko Haram`


                      Elite forces from the West begin to train the new five-nation African Union coalition with fresh boost in efforts to defeat Boko Haram.


            23/02/2015

Footage shows Boko Haram's latest deadly attack


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                          Chad

`Footage shows Boko Haram's latest deadly attack`


                      For the first time, the Islamist militant group attacked a village in Chad, killing several people.


            14/02/2015