MADRID 30 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United Nations has condemned “with the utmost firmness” the attack carried out on Sunday by alleged members of the Boko Haram terrorist group against a military base in western Chad, which resulted in the death of at least 40 soldiers, according to the official balance sheet provided. by the authorities of the African country.
“The UN system in Chad has received with dismay the attack perpetrated against the defense and security forces deployed in the province of Lac,” he said, before calling the event “barbaric” and “unjustifiable.”
“In this painful circumstance, the UN reaffirms its total solidarity with the Government and the Chadian people and presents its deepest condolences to the mourning families and the entire Chadian nation,” the organization has indicated through its account on the social network
The Chadian Foreign Minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, called on the international community on Tuesday to “intensify” its support for the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region and the Lake Chad basin and maintained that “collective and determined action is essential to eradicate this evil, which threatens the stability and development of the entire region.
The area has been the scene of attacks in the past by the terrorist group Boko Haram and its splinter group, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which operate in the Lake Chad area, located on the border between Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The authorities of these countries generally use the term Boko Haram to refer to both factions.
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