15:12 17/06/2015
Washington - The United States plans to provide $5m to help
support a regional military force fighting Islamist militant group Boko
Haram, a state department official said on Tuesday.
Boko Haram
last year held a vast swathe of territory in north-eastern Nigeria of
just over 30 000 square kilometres, about the size of Belgium.
The
militants have since been beaten back but are still blamed for isolated
attacks such as in Chad's capital on Monday where at least 27 people
were killed.
The
United States is already providing bilateral aid to Chad, Niger and
Cameroon for logistics and other equipment worth about $34m, the
official said.
The additional funding for the new force, composed
of troops from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin, will be
channeled via the African Union.
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