Damasak

Damasak
Coordinates	13 ° 6 ′  N , 12 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 6 ′  N , 12 ° 30 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Nigeria
State	Borno
height	309 m
Residents	13,000 (2006)

Damasak is a border town in Borno state in Nigeria . It is the capital of the Local Government Area Mobbar on the border with Niger .

geography

The landscape is a dry savannah in the central Chad basin . Eight kilometers southwest of the city center of Damasak, the Komadugu Yobe and Komaduga Gana rivers converge.

traffic

A road runs south to Maiduguri and east to Baga .

history

Damasak was conquered by Boko Haram fighters on November 24, 2014 . In March 2015, the city was retaken by soldiers from Chad and Niger . Perhaps as an act of revenge, up to 350 women and children are said to have been abducted around March 25, 2015 and several people were killed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ News at blick.ch
2. ↑ Nigeria mass kidnapping ( memento from March 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de