AA / Yaoundé / Peter Kum
The Chadian government decreed, Wednesday, November 23, a national mourning of three days in memory of the Chadian soldiers killed Tuesday, during an attack by the terrorist group Boko Haram once morest an army position in Lake Chad.
The presidential decree issued to this effect specifies that the national mourning extends “from Wednesday, November 23 at midnight to Friday, November 25, 2022 at midnight” and during this period, the flags will be lowered and all unauthorized public demonstrations are prohibited. throughout the national territory.
“A dozen soldiers” were killed and “several others” were injured on Tuesday, November 22, during an attack on the island of Bouka-Toulloroum, Lake Chad province, according to the Chadian presidency.
The attack was attributed to the Boko Haram group according to a statement from the Chadian authorities.
“An appropriate response is underway” according to the presidency of Chad who stressed that “this attack confirms the still active presence of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin”.
On a working visit to the Lake Chad area on November 12, the transitional president of Chad announced that 600 additional soldiers will be deployed in the province, in addition to the 9,000 elements already on the ground, to secure the population once morest the terrorist group Boko Haram.
According to the Chadian president, the crisis created by Boko Haram in Lake Chad is “a major security challenge” which deserves “possible solutions, in particular to better deal with the Boko Haram nebula”.
During this visit by the President, the population of the Lake Chad area was invited by General Mahamat Idriss Deby “to help the government in order to definitively win the war once morest Boko Haram”.
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