African Leaders Declare War On Boko Haram
Leaders of African countries currently meeting at a security
summit being held in France have collectively decided to wage "war" on
Boko Haram.
Security summit being held in France
The Paris summit brought together President Francois Hollande, Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan, and their counterparts from Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, which are all Francophone neighbouring countries to Nigeria, and who also stand chances of having the terrorist group's insurgencies spilling into their countries.
President Goodluck Jonathan and France President Francois Hollande
The host of the security summit, France President Francois Hollande has said that regional powers have agreed to share intelligence and carry out a "global and regional action plan" against the violent terrorist group which have claimed a lot of lives, maimed thousands of people and burnt down homes and villages in Nigeria.
According to President Francois, this involved "co-ordinating intelligence, sharing information... border surveillance, a military presence notably around Lake Chad and the capacity to intervene in case of danger".
The Presidents of the African countries collectively agreed to declare war on Boko Haram today at the summit; The President of Cameroon Paul Biya said: "We are here to declare war on Boko Haram" while the President of Chad, Idriss Deby added that it would be "total war".
President Hollande had earlier describe Boko Haram as a "major threat to West and Central Africa", and said it had links with al-Qaeda's North-African arm and "other terrorist organisations".
BBC's International Development Correspondent Mark Doyle also described Boko Haram as an international threat, which draws fighters from not just Nigeria but also from neighbouring countries like Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
The recent efforts being put together by the Nigerian government in collaboration with several other world leaders stemmed up the recent mass abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno state by the terrorist group which stirred a major outrage not just in Nigeria, but in several countries all over the world.
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Security summit being held in France
The Paris summit brought together President Francois Hollande, Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan, and their counterparts from Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, which are all Francophone neighbouring countries to Nigeria, and who also stand chances of having the terrorist group's insurgencies spilling into their countries.
President Goodluck Jonathan and France President Francois Hollande
The host of the security summit, France President Francois Hollande has said that regional powers have agreed to share intelligence and carry out a "global and regional action plan" against the violent terrorist group which have claimed a lot of lives, maimed thousands of people and burnt down homes and villages in Nigeria.
According to President Francois, this involved "co-ordinating intelligence, sharing information... border surveillance, a military presence notably around Lake Chad and the capacity to intervene in case of danger".
The Presidents of the African countries collectively agreed to declare war on Boko Haram today at the summit; The President of Cameroon Paul Biya said: "We are here to declare war on Boko Haram" while the President of Chad, Idriss Deby added that it would be "total war".
President Hollande had earlier describe Boko Haram as a "major threat to West and Central Africa", and said it had links with al-Qaeda's North-African arm and "other terrorist organisations".
BBC's International Development Correspondent Mark Doyle also described Boko Haram as an international threat, which draws fighters from not just Nigeria but also from neighbouring countries like Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
The recent efforts being put together by the Nigerian government in collaboration with several other world leaders stemmed up the recent mass abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno state by the terrorist group which stirred a major outrage not just in Nigeria, but in several countries all over the world.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/66534.html
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