President Buhari of Nigeria Pledges $100 Million for Force Against Boko Haram

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari pledged $100 million yesterday Thursday to fund a regional force against Boko Haram Islamist militants at a meeting with the presidents of Chad, Niger, Benin and the defense minister of Cameroon.

The financial promise came amid a new wave of attacks by the jihadists in the two weeks since Buhari came to office. In the latest raids on northeastern villages on Wednesday, 37 people were reported dead.

Buhari called for international assistance to help sustain funding for the Multinational Joint Task Force comprising troops from those countries with the exception of Benin.
“Our campaign against Boko Haram must be seen within the wider context of the global war against terror,” he said in a speech in the capital, Abuja. “Terrorism has no frontiers and must, because of the great implication for regional and global peace and security, be defeated.”

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