KANO, Nigeria, Nov 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.

Fighting between Boko Haram and rival Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) militants broke out in Dogon Chiku on the shores of Lake Chad on Sunday, the sources said.

"From the toll we got, around 200 Boko Haram terrorists were killed in the fight," Babakura Kola from an anti-jihadist militia helping the Nigerian military told AFP.