Chad's troop deployment and the anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel

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Chad's troop deployment and the anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel
AFP•April 13, 2020.

N'Djamena (AFP) - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has threatened to end the deployment of his troops beyond national borders, a move freighted with potential consequences for the campaign against Islamist insurgents in the Sahel.

His announcement came at the end of a reprisal offensive against Boko Haram jihadists from neighbouring Nigeria, who on March 23 killed 98 Chadian soldiers -- the worst single-day loss in the country's history.

"Our troops have died for Lake Chad and the Sahel. From today, no Chadian soldiers will take part in a military mission outside Chad," Deby said in remarks broadcast on Friday.

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