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| UN concerned over Niger's decision to exit MNJTF |
| 2025-04-06 |
| [TVCNEWS.TV] The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Leonardo Santos Simão, expressed concern about Niger's decision to withdraw from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which combats armed Islamist groups in the Lake Chad region of West Africa. Leonardo Santos Simão, also the head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), emphasised the importance of the military coalition in the region to the Security Council on Thursday. He stated that partners at the Lake Chad Basin Governors' Forum in Maiduguri, Nigeria, ''stressed the importance of continuing diplomatic efforts and also financial support'' for the force. According to Santos Simão, the MNJTF is now the region's only functioning security mechanism. The alliance, which includes Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria, was formed to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency. In his report back on the situation in the region, Santos Simão said that while things are improving in the region on the socio-economic front, security is essential for stability. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Boko Haram Boko Haram’s violence—including the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Borno State, Nigeria, in April 2014—brought international condemnation and in February 2015 provoked a large regional CT offensive against the group that displaced it from the majority of its strongholds in Nigeria. Nonetheless, Boko Haram remains resilient, conducting attacks in neighboring Cameroon, Chad, Niger, as well as Nigeria, emphasizing the threat it poses to Western and regional interests. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-06 10:01 |
| #1 Its always about the money. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-04-06 01:07 |