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Four soldiers of the Chadian Army and a journalist are killed following a Boko Haram attack near the northern shore of Lake Chad. Boko Haram have reportedly continued their incursion into northern Chad.
2019-05-26

An overnight raid by suspected Boko Haram militants on Niger's southern border town of Abadam, kills two Nigerien Army soldiers and three civilians. And, separately, a suicide-bomb attack on Lake Chad killed three of the attackers but no one else. A military convoy was also ambushed by militants in northern Cameroon, although there were no reported deaths.
2015-12-23

Three suicide bombers at Lake Chad kill at least 30 people and injure at least 80 others. Three women carried out the attack at a weekly market on an island on the Chadian side of the lake. No group claims responsibility; officials suspect the attacks were carried out by members of the Boko Haram militant group from neighboring Nigeria.
2015-12-5

At least 18 people are killed and over 100 homes torched after Boko Haram militants attacked a village near the commune of Bosso in Niger's southern Diffa Region.
2015-11-26

A Boko Haram attack near Lake Chad kills at least 11 Chadian troops while 17 Boko Haram militants are also reportedly killed in the fighting following the pre-dawn strike on Chadian army positions.
2015-10-6

Suspected militants from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed 26 people in attacks on two villages on Lake Chad, Chad.
2015-07-8

Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram.
2015-02-13

Boko Haram attacks two towns in Niger but is repulsed by the Niger Army with assistance from the Chad Air Force. [http:--www.stltoday.com-news-world-boko-haram-attacks-town-inside-niger-after-cameroon-article_d77e8109-715a-5757-9a45-82221d8d17d1.html (AP via "St Louis Post Dispatch")] [http:--www.ngrguardiannews.com-news-national-news-196944-nigerien-chadian-forces-repel-boko-haram-attack ("Nigerian Guardian")]date=August 2019
2015-02-6

Refugees flee Nigeria's Borno State following the Boko Haram massacre in the town of Baga. 7,300 flee to neighbouring Chad while over 1,000 are trapped on the island of Kangala in Lake Chad. Nigeria's army vows to recapture the town, while Niger and Chad withdraw their forces from a transnational force tasked with combating militants.
2015-01-9

Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, and Chad join together to combat Boko Haram.
2014-05-17