Three-week operation by troops from Niger and Nigeria targeted area that has become a bolthole for Boko Haram and Isis-linked militants
In a statement, the multinational joint task force , bringing together troops from those four countries, said it had conducted a three-week sweep on Nigeria’s side of the border.
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