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Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by oluwatomisin93(m): 10:45am On Aug 02, 2015 |
Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi announced he will send
800 troops to join a new multinational force tasked with
fighting Boko Haram militants after meeting with his
Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari Saturday.
Buhari, who was sworn in on May 29, is facing a particularly
deadly surge of Islamist violence at home, with more than
800 people killed in north-eastern Nigeria in the last two
months.
The violence has spread to neighbours Chad and Cameroon,
both of whom have faced an unprecedented wave of suicide
bombings on their soil in recent weeks.
After a visit to Cameroon earlier this week to discuss the
fight against the Islamist group, Buhari was in Cotonou to
attend celebrations marking Benin’s 55 years of
independence.
Boni Yayi told reporters after a meeting with Buhari that
Benin will show “solidarity” with its “brothers in arms” in the
region by sending “a contingent of 800 men… to
permanently combat these outlaws”.
Troops for the new multinational force, which includes
soldiers from Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad as well as
Benin, were set to be deployed at any time, according to its
commander Major General Iliya Abbah on Saturday.
The force, made up of 8,700 troops and headquartered in
Chad, is expected to help with better coordination of the
regional offensive launched in February, which has made a
series of successful inroads against Boko Haram but has
failed to neutralise the militants.
The extremist group, whose name roughly translates as
“Western education is forbidden”, has carried on its
campaign of attacks on security forces, suicide bombings
and bloody raids on villages across Nigeria’s north and
eastern borders despite the military campaign against them.
Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of civilians,
including women and children, with many either forced or
indoctrinated into joining the extremists, rights groups say.
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Re: Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by babyfaceafrica: 10:45am On Aug 02, 2015 |
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Re: Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by Nobody: 10:46am On Aug 02, 2015 |
Boko fools on the verge of annihllation 1 Like |
Re: Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by Cutehector(m): 10:50am On Aug 02, 2015 |
800 troops of witches |
Re: Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by BeeBeeOoh(m): 10:53am On Aug 02, 2015 |
In Buhari's voice, "I Will End Boko Haram By The End Of This Year.. |
Re: Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by Nobody: 10:56am On Aug 02, 2015 |
These People Don't Fail To Amaze Me |
Re: Benin Send 800 Troops To Fight Boko Boys by Mamaflex(f): 10:57am On Aug 02, 2015 |
May God be with them. |
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