... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
members were said to have fled after suffering losses elsewhere, Niger's military said Wednesday.
The situation in the town of Malam Fatori near the Niger border had been unclear, with the Nigerian army previously claiming it was under its control.
There was no immediate comment from Nigeria, which has just emerged from a presidential election won by opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari.
A front man for Niger's army said Malam Fatori was retaken by regional forces on Tuesday.
Neighboring Chad and Niger have been pursuing Boko Haram Death Eaters in the area as part of a regional offensive against the Islamists.
"Malam Fatori fell last night," Moustapha Ledru told AFP.
He said the Death Eaters fled without much of a fight, after isolated festivities that left around 10 suspected Islamists dead.
Regional forces have claimed a string of successes in recent weeks against Boko Haram, forcing the Death Eaters out of towns they had occupied in northeastern Nigeria.
The borders of Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
converge around Lake Chad in the region.
Nigeria's incumbent President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
had faced intense criticism during the election campaign over his failure to tackle the insurgency, which has left more than 13,000 people dead since 2009.
Nigeria's vote had been due to be held on February 14 but security concerns forced the country's electoral commission to postpone it to March 28.
Buhari, an ex-military ruler, decisively won the election, which ushered in the first democratic transition in Africa's most populous nation.
Chad: Hundreds of Boko Haram militants killed in clash
[Ynet] Chad's army said its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram militants and lost nine of its own troops in clashes in northern Nigeria on Wednesday.
Army spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa said the fighting happened as Chadian forces carried out mopping up operations around Malam Fatori, a town near Nigeria's border with Niger that was recently retaken from the militants. Bermandoa said 16 Chadian troops had also been wounded.