African Presidents Promises To Raise £87 Million Emergency Fund To Fight Boko Haram.

President Of Gabon – Ali Bongo Ondimba

Presidents from the 10-Nation Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) pledged in an extraordinary meeting to create an £87 million emergency fund to fight Islamist militant group, Boko Haram.



Gabon’s PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba, who attended the one-day summit in Cameroon, expressed that he and his counterparts from ECCAS are committed to effectively combating terrorism, and the emergency fund would facilitate their mission,News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.



The members of ECCAS are:

Angola

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe