Chadian troops have freed 85 kidnapped Nigerians from a convoy of buses guarded by Boko Haram fighters near Lake Chad, but 30 others are still held captive. The freed captives, all males, had been seized by Boko Haram during a raid in Doron Baga in Borno state on Aug. 10. On Aug. 11, the US authorized the provision of $10 million in emergency defense expenditures to support French counterterrorism operations in Chad, Mali, and Niger.
