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| Africa Subsaharan |
| W. Africa Seeks Regional Effort against Boko Haram |
| 2014-06-01 |
| [An Nahar] The West African bloc announced plans Saturday to increase cooperation with Central African states in the battle against "terrorism", amid fears of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... 's insurgency spreading across the region. Nigeria has repeatedly said it needs more help from its central African neighbors -- including Chad, Cameroon and Niger -- to end the brutal five-year insurgency being waged by the Islamists. In the final communique of an extraordinary security summit, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it would "establish a high level partnership with Central African States to effectively combat terrorism." Nigeria insists that Boko Haram fighters escape military pursuit by fleeing across the mostly non-existent borders of its northeastern neighbors and some analysts believe senior Boko Haram commanders are in fact based in Cameroon. Nigeria's presidency has accused Cameroon of not doing enough to help defeat Boko Haram. The call at the West Africa summit follows a joint declaration of war against Islamist bully boyz by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger at a meeting in Gay Paree. On Mali, ECOWAS urged the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... to strengthen its peacekeeping force deployed in the country, which is known as MINUSMA. It also asked the U.N. Security Council to consider imposing "targeted sanctions against the gangs or individuals who impede the grinding of the peace processor" in Mali. |
| Posted by:Fred |