With a news cycle that spits out calamity like a firehose lately (mass shootings, terrorist attacks, Donald Trump) it’s refreshing to report a story that rests on the positive side of the ledger.

And the following would certainly qualify.

According to Cameroon’s government, their army captured a “regional” Boko Haram chief, killed 100 of the terror organization’s militants (who, by their own accord, are loosely associated with al Qaeda) and better yet …

… freed 900 hostages.

The victory came during a three-day operation near the African nation’s border with Nigeria.

This from Bloomberg:

Aladji Gana, a local chief for the Islamist militant group, was seized by the West African nation’s forces. About 100 militants were killed during the Nov. 26-Nov. 28 operation and authorities recovered weapons, propaganda materials and jihadist flags, Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday. The fighters have been cleared from the area, he said.

Cameroon has faced incursions from the Boko Haram militants and its army is part of a regional force combating the group that also includes soldiers from Niger and Chad. The group’s home base is Nigeria, where it’s been waging an insurgency since 2009 to establish Shariah.

The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, actually set a deadline of December 31 of this year for the “threat” of Boko Haram to be eliminated completely.

The Nigerian army said they’re attempting to meet their leader’s expectation.