Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last February, and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa. “Lake Chad suicide attack ‘kills 27,’” AFP, December 5, 2015 (thanks to Thomas): N’Djamena (AFP) – At least 27 people were killed and more than 80 wounded Saturday in a triple suicide bombing on […]
Islamic State in West Africa murders 33 with jihad suicide attacks in Chad
Reuters doesn’t know it, but Boko Haram renamed itself the Islamic State in West Africa last April, after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. They carried out these attacks in an area where there are many Nigerians who have earlier fled from them. “Suspected Boko Haram suicide attacks strike Chad,” AFP, October 10, 2015: Five […]
Fierce fighting between Chadian army and Islamic State in West Africa
Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last February, and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa in April. Now it threatens Chad as well as Nigeria. “Fierce fighting erupts between Chadian army and Boko Haram,” AFP, July 28, 2015: Heavy fighting pitted the Chadian army on Monday against insurgents from […]
Islamic State in Nigeria murders 23 in jihad attacks on Chad police
Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. “Boko Haram Attacks: 23 dead in suicide bomb attacks on Chad police,” by Anisha Jenyfer Solomon, PrepSure, June 16, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): On June 15, 2015, twenty-three people were killed in an attack by suicide bombers who blew themselves up in attacks targeting police […]
Islamic jihadists of Boko Haram launch first attack against Chad
Despite the Nigerian government’s repeated vows to crush the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, aka Boko Haram, they are more aggressive than ever. “Boko Haram launches first attack against Chad,” Associated Press, February 13, 2015: MOUNDOU, Chad — Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a village on the shore of […]
Obama sends 80 U.S. troops to Chad to help search for Nigerian schoolgirls
This move is an absolute masterpiece of style over substance. The girls were not from Chad, but from Nigeria. Does the U.S. government have any reason to believe that they are now in Chad? No, this isn’t based on any new intelligence. These 80 troops will fly reconnaissance missions to look for the girls. But […]
Central African Republic: Ten dead as Chadian troops fire on Christian civilians
The mainstream media is filled with stories about how Muslims in the Central African Republic are being targeted by the Christians. Rarely is it explained that these Christians are retaliating against jihad attacks against them that displaced thousands of people. Also, rarely are stories like this one, in which Muslim troops from Chad inexplicably opened […]
Travesty: Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Chad elected to UN Security Council
In Saudi Arabia, women are essentially possessions of men, subject to all the harshest Sharia restrictions on their movement and freedom. It is illegal to practice Christianity or Judaism or any religion other than Islam there. In Nigeria, Christians are subjected to increasingly bloody Muslim persecution that shows no signs of abating and that the […]
Al Qaeda’s Growing Sanctuary
West Africa, as we have often noted here, is increasingly becoming a safe haven for radical Muslims. From the Washington Post, : With the end of the brutal conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone, West Africa is seldom in the news or on the policy agenda these days. Yet the region is quietly gaining recognition […]
Chad Rebels: Libya Blocking Al Qaeda Captive’s Handover
Hey, isn’t Qaddafi supposed to be our pal these days? From AP, with thanks to DC Watson: Amari Saifi, the former No. 2 man of Algeria’s violent Salafist Group for Call and Combat, was claimed captured by Chad rebels earlier this year as West African armed forces backed by France and the United States chased […]