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Chad's army said its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram fighters and lost nine of its own troops in clashes in northern Nigeria.

Soldiers from Chad and Niger drove the group from Malam Fatori, one of Boko Haram's last major footholds near Nigeria's border with Niger, earlier this week. Wednesday's clashes took place as they were mopping up the area in Nigeria's Borno state.