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“This is an opportunity for Benin to express solidary
with countries on the front line against the Islamic
sect, Boko Haram. This solidary will result in the
sending of a contingent of 800 men from Benin’s
army,” Boni Yayi said.
The report also states:
Deployment of the regional force has
been delayed for lack of funds. At a
meeting in Cameroon in February,
Nigeria and a group of neighboring
countries that also includes Chad,
Cameroon and Niger agreed to deploy
around 8,700 troops, with Benin
pledging 250.
The 6-year-old uprising has killed
20,000 people and driven nearly 20
million from their homes.
Multinational
troops earlier this year forced the
extremists out of towns they had held,
but Nigerian politicians now say Boko
Haram is again seizing territory.
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