Regional efforts to fight Boko Haram

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Series Details February 2017
Publication Date February 2017
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The cross-border dimension of the Boko Haram insurgency – one of the world's deadliest terrorist groups – has compelled the countries in the Lake Chad basin to coordinate their fight against it. Launched in 2014, the Multinational Joint Task Force has weakened the group, without fully defeating it. The acute humanitarian situation calls for an approach that goes beyond military intervention.

Author: Ionel Zamfir

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/599274/EPRS_ATA(2017)599274_EN.pdf
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ESO: Background information: African-led counter-terrorism measures against Boko Haram http://www.europeansources.info/record/african-led-counter-terrorism-measures-against-boko-haram/
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