With the continued terror threats and ever-increasing cross-border attacks launched by the extremist group “Boko Haram” in Northern Nigeria and its immediate environs, Niger’s parliament has unanimously approved the deployment of about 8,700 troops to fight the terrorist group, according to New York Times.
It was reported that Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin all came to a unanimous decision over the weekend to send a joint force of 8,700 troops to fight the group, which has killed thousands of people and kidnapped hundreds more in a bid to carve out a caliphate.
“The pooling of the efforts and resources of concerned countries will contribute without doubt to crushing this group which shows scorn, through its barbaric acts, for the Muslim religion,” Adamou Salifou, Niger’s parliamentary speaker said.
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