African presidents create $87 million emergency fund to fight Boko Haram

(Reuters) – Presidents from the 10-nation Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) pledged in an extraordinary meeting on Monday to create an $87 million emergency fund to fight the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. “My counterparts from the CEEAC and I decided to create an emergency fund of 50 billion CFA francs ($86.72 million)…