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Chad’s army said its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram militants and lost nine of its own troops in clashes in northern Nigeria on Wednesday.
Soldiers from Chad and Niger drove the insurgents from Malam Fatori, one of Boko Haram’s last major footholds near Nigeria’s border with Niger, earlier this week. Wednesday’s clashes took place as they were mopping up.
“Clashes” erupted early Thursday between “terrorists” and security checkpoints in the cities of al-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, leaving five security personnel and 15 “terrorists” killed, the armed forces spokesman said.
Spokesman Mohamed Samir added in a statement that security forces are currently combing the area and “chasing the remaining terrorist elements to eliminate them.”
The campus siege at Garissa University has ended, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery announced that 147 people died however independent sources confirmed 152 were killed including the four alleged terrorists.
80 people were wounded in the Thursday attack and those in critical condition airlifted to Nairobi for further treatment. Others are receiving treatment at Garissa Level Five Hospital.
The death toll of people killed after gunmen attacked Garissa University College in northeast Kenya on Thursday morning has risen to 15.
Kenya Red Cross officials said at least 65 people, including two policemen were injured by the attackers and have been rushed to hospital.
Five militants were killed on Monday in an armed clashes between pro-government forces and the Islamist armed group Libya Dawn, according to security sources.
The heavy fighting erupted in Bir al-Ghanam area some 120 kilometers southwest of the capital Tripoli, an officer for Libya Dawn told Xinhua in an telephone interview.
At least seven people were killed on Friday when gunmen from the Islamist al Shabaab group stormed a popular hotel in the centre of the Somali capital, police and the militants said.
“We are behind the Hotel Maka Al Mukaram attack and fighting is still going on inside the hotel,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters.
Nigeria’s military claims it has destroyed the headquarters of Boko Haram in Gwoza, a town in northeast Nigeria. It was not possible to verify the victory that comes the day before presidential elections.
The official Twitter account of the Nigerian Defence Headquarters announced “FLASH: Troops this morning captured Gwoza destroying the Headquarters of the Terrorists self-styled Caliphate.'’