Boko Haram attack on Chad army garrison kills scores of people, government says

Around 40 members of the Chadian army were killed in an overnight attack by jihadist group Boko Haram near the Nigerian border, the government and local sources said on Monday. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said in a statement that he had visited the scene early on Monday and launched an operation "to go after the attackers and track them down in their furthest hideouts".