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boko haram have left a trail of
destruction across northern nigeria
meeting lackluster opposition from the
country's armed forces
the islamist group has pledged
allegiance to the islamic state
and at its heights control territory
roughly the size of belgium
they have begun to threaten nigeria's
neighbours launching raids into their
territory
attacking outposts and kidnapping
civilians
led by chad the countries have begun to
fight back hoping to turn the tide
the coalition seems to have pushed boko
haram onto the back foot in northern
nigeria
the group is reportedly holed up in the
sambisa forest
in february of this year attacks on
towns in the lake chad region increased
as a regional coalition began to push
boko haram from dozens of nigerian towns
on the night of friday the 13th boko
haram fighters crossed lake chad from
nigeria
and laid siege to the chadian village of
angboa
burning down dozens of homes and killing
eight people
it was the first time the islamist group
had brought their fight into chad
falmata a local resident escaped the
onslaught by running to a neighbouring
village
when she returned she found her
belongings had been burned along with
the villagers market and mosque
at two o'clock in the midnights some of
the boko haram put fire for the
houses of people some people they run
and escape
some people then child died some people
they sleep in the bush even they went
one month and caught it
into two there is some people who born
in the fire
there is small childs full born
this is how the food defy inside the
rooms
falmata introduced us to hajj albeitu
who was traveling by boat on lake chad
just before the young boy attack
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another resident has moved his wife and
children out of the town
fearing there could be more raids
days after vice news visited boko haram
laid a number of improvised explosive
devices along the road and attacked a
neighboring village killing seven people
with the coalition ramping up its
operations we joined the chadian army as
they prepared to bolster their presence
on the cameroonian border with nigeria
following escalating firefights with the
militants we met colonel azenbermandoa
a chatty and army spokesperson as he
headed to meet chadian troops
he's been known to be highly critical of
the nigerian army's reluctance to take
the fight to boko haram
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during their operations in nigeria
chadian soldiers seized cell phone
footage showing the brutality of boko
haram
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an hour's drive for mongoboa is bagasola
another lakeside town
heavily guarded by chadian troops
bagasola now hosts thousands of refugees
who have fled boko haram's violence
they're seeking shelter here in the hope
that the fighting comes to an end
but the region is one of the poorest in
chad itself one of the least developed
countries in the world
di moya sua pebbet a regional government
official took us to meet some of the
displaced and explained how the violence
had affected the area
population
miriam adam is originally from chad she
has been on the run from boko haram for
three years now
she's fled attacks on 12 separate towns
merum cares for her grandson who was
just over one month old when they first
left
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a few kilometers from bagasola is the
dara salam refugee camp
fatima abu bakr is one of around 1 000
nigerian children in the camp
her six-year-old brother awali was
kidnapped when her village was attacked
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when we start hearing the gun shots we
just go out of the village before they
set fire
we come to kangalang with about five
nigerian militaries
with they are guns but they have thrown
away their uniforms in the bush
but with their full ammunitions in their
guns they run away we come together with
them
i want international militaries to be
there
i don't want nigerian army to be alone
there because we know how they have been
corrupt
and we know how they cheat us we know
how we suffer so we don't want to go
back in that condition again
with the militants still at large in
northern nigeria it's hard to predict
when the refugees will be able to return
home
boko haram isn't taking chad's offensive
lying down
they hit back with two suicide bombings
in the capital and jemena
on the 15th of june killing 27 people
chad retaliated with airstrikes on boko
haram positions in nigeria
but as long as the militant group is
able to hold out civilians like fatima
will continue to pay a heavy price
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