French President Francois Hollande will
attend a summit in Nigeria on Saturday that’s meant to find a regional response
to the security threat posed by militants in West and Central Africa, according
to Nigeria’s presidency.
Nigeria and France plan to sign a defense
cooperation agreement during the summit in the capital, Abuja, the office of
President Muhammadu Buhari said in an e-mailed statement Tuesday. The heads of
state of Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin will also attend the talks to address
the crises caused in the region by “terrorist groups,” according to the
statement.
Buhari has pledged to quash the militant
organization, Boko Haram, whose campaign to impose sharia law has costs
thousands of lives in northeastern Nigeria.
Since the beginning of the year,
neighboring countries including Cameroon and Niger have witnessed a surge in
attacks by supporters of the group.
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