African nations pledge 8,700 for anti-Boko Haram force

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – 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,…
Subscribe to iCameroon.Com Newsletter