Victories Over Boko Haram Leave African Troops' Spirits High

"Boko Haram is finished," shouted a jubilant soldier from Niger as his comrades danced and waved their rifles in the air to celebrate the liberation of the northern Nigerian town of Damasak. Graffiti painted on walls in Arabic and Boko Haram's black-and-white flag fluttering on the dome of a mosque are now among the few reminders of the Islamists' four-month reign over the town, which forces from Chad and Niger freed Saturday. The town's recapture was the latest...

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