Jihadist attack near Lake Chad leaves 40 dead, president orders retaliation

The area around Lake Chad is regularly the target of Boko Haram attacks, as here in Ngouboua, where soldiers witnessed a series of attacks in 2015. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES

Chad's President Mahamat Deby Itno has vowed to track down the assailants who killed at least 40 soldiers in an attack on a military base in Chad's Lake region.

According to the government and local sources, an attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram on the Chadian army killed around 40 people overnight Sunday near the Nigerian border.