Chadian battalions withdraw from Cameroon after months of fighting Boko Haram

Last November 4, 2015, the group of 2,500 soldiers and officers from the Chadian army that came to provide Cameroon’s forces its support (since January 2015) in the fight against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in the far North of the country, returned to N’Djamena, Chad’s capital city.

According to Chad’s authorities, the retreat is subsequent to the arrival of the multinational Force which now leads operations relating to the fight. This force comprises member-states of the Commission of the Lake Chad basin. It counts 8,700 men from Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin and Chad, and has its headquarters situated in N’Djamena.

Financed by the International community, this army’s main objective is to eradicate Boko Haram who has already killed thousands in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.