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2016 Niger raid

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"Military operations" part of the campaignbox contains "Niger (2016)" which hyperlinks to creating an article named "2016 Niger raid". This is almost for sure referring to Boko Haram's attack on village of Bosso on 3 June 2016. I suggested that name is changed from "2016 Niger raid" to "Battle of Bosso" because after the raid there was further fighting between Nigerien army and Boko Haram in the village. Article that's only about the raid could exist but I believe that article which would contain information about both the raid and further fighting would be better as there is very little to write about the raid itself. There is also another problem, that's not really related to campaignbox but this is the only place I could write about this. After the raid the village was captured by the Boko Haram, next day it was captured by Nigerien forces and then day after that it was re-captured by Boko Haram. Few days after this Chad sent 2000 soldiers to help Niger fight Boko Haram, one source said that Chadian forces made an assault on Bosso but it didn't say if they captured it, I didn't manage to find anything about when and if Boko Haram ever lost control of Bosso. Without this information the page can't be created, so if anyone can help me find it I would be grateful. OakMapping (talk) 16:51, 15 January 2021 (UTC) OakMapping[reply]