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Cameroon army kills 86 Boko Haram militants

– ‘Solidarity’ –
Nigeria, which has been most affected by Boko Haram violence, meanwhile announced its troops had recaptured the strategic garrison town of Monguno in the northeast, which had fallen into Boko Haram hands late last month.

“Troops in a military operation spearheaded by highly coordinated air assaults have completed the mission of clearing terrorists from Monguno and environs this morning,” defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said.

With his country’s troops actively engaged in combating Boko Haram, ECCAS chairman Deby called on nations in the economic group “who have not yet been struck” by the insurgency “to show their solidarity”.

“We also call on the international community to provide its support — in equipment, diplomacy, finance, logistics and humanitarian aid — to the efforts made by ECCAS,” Deby said.

After previous talks in Yaounde, Nigeria’s immediate neighbours, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin announced on February 7 that they would mobilise a regional force of 8,700 men to fight Boko Haram.

Operational plans for the regional force have yet to be submitted to the Peace and Security Council of the African Union for approval before being sent to the United Nations Security Council, according to a statement released after the regional talks.

In a statement read in Yaounde on his behalf, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that “a purely military solution” would not suffice to deal with Boko Haram.

The fight called for a “multidimensional approach… that will meet the challenges of stabilisation in the long term,” the UN chief said, referring to the region’s economic and social challenges.

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