Two Chadian troops killed in jihadist-hit lake region

N'Djamena (AFP) Aug 15, 2022

Two Chadian troops have been killed fighting jihadists in the Lake Chad region, whose marshlands are a bolthole for Islamist fighters, President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said Monday. "Our brave forces have just repelled an attack by the shadowy Boko Haram sect in the Bol area," 300 kilometres (180 miles) from the capital N'Djamena, he said on Twitter. "Two soldiers fell while carrying ou