W. Africa agrees on billion-dollar anti-jihadist plan | The Malaysian Insight

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou says Ecowas will mobilise the financial resources of up to a billion dollars for the fight against terrorism. – EPA pic, September 15, 2019.

WEST African leaders yesterday announced a billion-dollar plan to fight the rising problem of jihadist violence in the region, at a summit in Burkina Faso. The plan, to be funded from 2020 to 2024, was announced at end of the Economic Community Summit of West African States in Ouagadougou, where the Ecowas nations were joined by Mauritania and Chad.

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