Guest World News Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 [attach=full]17258[/attach]African nations pulling together a regional force to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram militants on Saturday pledged 8,700 soldiers, policemen and civilians, an increase from earlier estimates for the mission. The African Union had previously authorized a force of 7,500 troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin to take on the Islamists, who have seized large swathes of northeastern Nigeria and mounted attacks on neighboring nations. Nigeria's military is struggling against the five-year insurgency, which has killed thousands of Nigerians and displaced some 1.5 million people. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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