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U.S DONATES $5BN TO MULTINATIONAL JOINT TASK FORCE FIGHTING BOKO HARAM

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U.S. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield

The U.S.
says it has announced a $5bn (Five billion USD) contribution to the
Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), to boost the military operation against
the Boko Haram insurgency. The U.S. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African
Affairs, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced this at news briefing via
telephone from the African Union Summit on Monday on the U.S. interests in
Africa.
“We have
been working with Nigeria as well as the African countries innovation to
address their concerns about Boko Haram because we don’t see this as just a
Nigerian problem.
“We are
having discussions with President Buhari on how we might bolster our support.
We have already been working with them and providing information.

“We are
providing some training and support and we’ll love to work with the new
administration to see how we might increase the level of support to Nigeria.
“At the same
time, we’ve just announced at the venue of the AU, five billion dollars
contribution to the Multinational Task Force.
“We are also
providing some equipment and support and we have a number of meetings with the
countries who are members of the Multinational Joint Task Force to look at
other areas we might support,” the top diplomat said.
According to
her, the U.S. is providing a strong support to AU on security as the U.S. has a
strong partnership with the continent on security.
“We are
working closely with the Lake Chad Basin countries: Nigeria, Chad, Niger and
Cameroon to address the issues of Boko Haram,” she said.
She said
that U.S. had so far trained about 250,000 African peacekeepers, saying U.S.
highest priority in Africa remained security.
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