Terrorism: ECOWAS defence chiefs strategise on $2.6bn to fund standby force

Nigeria tightens border defence as new terrorist groups Lakurawa, Mahmuda emerge

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, minister of defence

Top military leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states are strategising on how to raise $2.6 billion to activate a Standby Force to tackle rising insecurity and terrorism within the sub-region. According to Mohammed Abubakar, Nigeria's minister of defence,

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