Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Soldiers in a Niger army unit stand in formation while a dignitary visits their outpost during Operation Desert Shield in 1992. 

 By Gary Raynaldo       DIPLOMATIC TIMES

Nearly 100 Chadian soldiers were killed in a weekend attack by Boko Haram extremists  on an island army base in the north-central Africa nation  President Idriss Deby Itno announced Tuesday. The attack took place on the Boma Peninsula, in Lac province, which borders Niger and Nigeria. 

“We lost 92 of our soldiers, noncommissioned officers and officers,” in the attack overnight Sunday in Boma. It’s the first time we have lost so many men.”

-Chad President Idriss Deby Itno.

Il s'agit de 92 valeureux et intrépides soldats et non 98 comme indiqué par erreur dans le précédent tweet. Le Tchad leur est éternellement reconnaissant pour leur sacrifie ultime. Qu'Allah leur accorde Son infinie Miséricorde. https://t.co/uNB5xltYle

— Chérif Mahamat Zene (@Cherif_MZ) March 25, 2020

 50 Nigerian Soldiers killed in Deadly Boko Haram Ambush

Boko Haram extremists also killed at least 50 Nigerian soldiers in another weekend ambush near Goneri village in northern Yobe state, military officials told The Associated Press. Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands during its 10-year insurgency in northern Nigeria.  According to the United Nations, 36,000 people have been killed and close to 2 million have been displaced in northeastern Nigeria since Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009.