US troops deployed to Cameroon for Boko Haram fight

The United States is sending up to 300 troops, along with surveillance drones, to Cameroon to bolster a West African effort to counter Nigeria's Boko Haram armed group.

Obama Sending US Soldiers to Cameroon

President Barack Obama is sending U.S. military personnel to Cameroon to conduct airborne surveillance of Boko Haram militants.

Nigeria claims rescue of nearly 300 women and girls from Boko Haram stronghold

Nigeria's military on Tuesday claimed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but said there was no confirmation the hostages were those kidnapped from Chibok a year ago.

Chad, Niger troops take Nigerian town

A military offensive by troops from Chad and Niger has retaken the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak and left some 200 Islamists dead, a Chadian security source said Monday.

Boko Haram had held the town near the Niger border since November. Ten Chadian soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in the offensive that began on Sunday, the source said.

Chad and Niger launch offensive against Boko Haram ("Ground and air" operation in northeastern Nigeria begins a day after the armed group pledged allegiance to ISIL/ISIS)

The armies of Niger and Chad have launched a "ground and air" offensive against the Boko Haram armed group in northeastern Nigeria, a source from the Niger government said.