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CHAD

Attack on military base kills at least 40 soldiers

Unidentified assailants killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country's west, Chad's presidency said on Monday. President Mahamat Deby Itno visited the base in Barkaram, an island in Chad's Lake region, early morning and announced the launch of a military operation to track the assailants, according to a statement from the presidency. Chad has long battled with an insurgency in the country's west, near the border with Nigeria.