Presidents from Economic Community of Central African States
pledged to create an 87 million dollars fund to fight Boko Haram.
Gabon's President Ali Bongo announced the creation of the Fund to fight Islamic millitant group, Boko Haram. PHOTOS: wikimedia
"My counterparts from the CEEAC and I
decided to create an emergency fund of 50 billion CFA francs ($86.72
million) to fight Boko Haram," Gabon's President Ali Bongo, who attended
the one-day summit in Cameroon, said on his personal Twitter account.
The insurgents have killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds
in a five-year insurgency in northern Nigeria, and have recently
intensified cross-border raids on neighbouring countries in the Lake
Chad area.
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