At least 40 soldiers died in an attack on a military base, says the president of Chad

By Canadian Press

October 28, 2024 | 7:34

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Unidentified attackers killed at least 40 soldiers in an overnight attack on a military base in the country’s west, Chad’s presidency said Monday.

President Mahamat Deby Itno According to a statement from the presidency, he visited the base in Barkaram, an island in the Lake Chad region, early in the morning and announced the launch of a military operation to track down the attackers.

Chad has long been fighting an insurgency in the west of the country, near the border with Nigeria.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the latest attack, but the government blamed the militant group Boko Haram for previous attacks in the region.