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Thousands of people marched in the Chadian capital N’Djamena at the weekend to back the government’s sending of troops to repel the advance of Boko Haram in Nigeria and Cameroon.
The government had announced on Wednesday that it would support Cameroon, whose President Paul Biya had appealed for an international response to the extremist threat.
Boko Haram fighters launched a full-scale assault earlier this month on the border town of Baga near Lake Chad, which has a border crossing with Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon.
Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet told marchers that they would send “a strong signal, a warning to Boko Haram.”
It was “a march for peace to protect our vital interests, to protect our economy, to protect Chad’s security,” he said, as tens of thousands chanted: “Kick the forces of evil out of our territory.”
Chad has sent 400 armoured vehicles, including tanks, to the Cameroonian town of Kousseri.
