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Sunday 08 Feb 2015 - 14:53 Makkah mean time-19-4-1436  Ndjamena (IINA) – Nigeria and its four neighboring nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians, as part of a regional effort to fight Boko Haram militants.
"The representatives of Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Nigeria have announced contributions totaling 8,700 military personnel, police and civilians," an increase from earlier estimates for the mission, said a statement following the five countries meeting in Cameroonian capital of Yaounde.
The African Union (AU) had previously authorized a force of 7,500 troops from the five African nations to take on Boko Haram insurgents, who have seized large swathes of northeastern Nigeria and mounted attacks on neighboring countries.
The five nations will continue in the coming days to thrash out the details of each government's contribution as well as the budget, before the multi-national effort goes into action.
Country representatives at the summit agreed to launch a mission to "foster a safe and secure environment in the impacted regions" and tackle the insurgency.
The AU leaders will submit the plan for the force crafted by Western and African experts to the UN Security Council for approval.
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