A suicide bomber injured at least 34 Chadian troops in the action.

Dikwa’s located 90 kilometers east of the Borno state capital of Maiduguri.

A Chadian defence force spokesman says his troops have been involved in street to street fightin killing a large number of Islamists.

Chad’s put boots on the ground to help Nigeria to force Boko Haram out of the towns it holds as part of a self-declared caliphate.

The Islamists are staging cross border raids to impose Shariah, or Islamic law, staging deadly cross-border attacks in nations including Chad, Cameroon and Niger.

The violence in northeastern Nigeria, where the six-year insurgency has been focused, has forced a million people from their homes and tens of thousands to flee the country.

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