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Nigeria’s army killed more than 50 people boko haram Militants in response to drone attacks on military targets in the country’s northeast, the military said on Thursday.
Army Spokesman Sani Uba said in a statement that the militants launched simultaneous attacks on military targets in Borno and Yobe states early Thursday. It said a combination of ground and air strikes enabled the army to defeat the terrorists who had launched attacks from the northern direction. cameroon and Katarako, a village located in Yobe State.
The spokesman said ground troops supported by the air component were still pursuing more than 70 wounded militants “in close coordination”.
Last month, Boko Haram militants killed at least 60 people in a nighttime attack on Darul Jamal, a village in northeastern Nigeria.
Nigeria’s domestic jihadists Boko Haram took up arms in 2009 to fight Western indoctrination and impose their own radical version of Islamic law. Shariat,
The decade-long conflict has spread to Nigeria’s northern neighbors including Niger and resulted in the deaths of about 35,000 civilians and displaced more than 2 million others, according to the United Nations.
The rebel group split into two factions following the death of the group’s longtime leader, abubakar shekauIn 2021.
One faction, Islamic State West Africa Province, is supported by the Islamic State group and has become notorious for targeting military targets.
Recently, the US approved a potential $346 million arms sale to improve security in Africa’s most populous country.
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AP’s Africa coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/africa