Nigeria’s army said it recaptured the northeastern town of Gamboru Ngala, which borders Cameroon,from Boko Haram Islamist militants.
“Troops are now busy with clearing and mopping up,” the army said on its Twitter account Tuesday.
The Nigerian army said in July there was no area in the northeastern state of Borno that was still under the control of Boko Haram, after a regional military push.
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Soldiers from Chad and Niger on Tuesday drove Boko Haram Islamist militants from a northern Nigeria border town they have occupied since late last year, Chad’s government spokesman said.
Chad’s Communications Minister Hassan Sylla Bakari said this time there was no doubt who controlled the town. “We took Malam Fatori this evening. It’s an important victory in the fight against Boko Haram,” he told Reuters.
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