{"id":17936,"date":"2014-05-12T12:10:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T12:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=17936"},"modified":"2014-05-12T11:36:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T11:36:55","slug":"france-offers-to-host-african-security-summit-on-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/france-offers-to-host-african-security-summit-on-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"France offers to host African security summit on Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France has offered to host a summit with Nigeria and its neighbours focused on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Global outrage over the Boko Haram&#8217;s abduction of 200 schoolgirls last month has focused attention on the group, which has destabilised large swathes of northeast Nigeria and its neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, I have proposed to hold a meeting with the countries bordering Nigeria,&#8221; Hollande said during a visit to the Azeri capital of Baku.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the countries agree, it should take place next Saturday&#8221; in Paris, Hollande added.<\/p>\n<p>His aides said that the leaders of Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger might attend. Britain, the European Union and the United States would likely be represented as well.<\/p>\n<p>France, Britain, the United States and other countries have said they were sending experts to help Nigeria track down and free the schoolgirls.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s army has mobilised two divisions to hunt for the schoolgirls as Jonathan&#8217;s government has faced criticism for not responding more quickly to the abductions.<\/p>\n<p>A French priest was released in December after being kidnapped the previous month in northern Cameroon, a region where Boko Haram is known to operate.<\/p>\n<p>The group kidnapped a French family of seven on holiday in northern Cameroon in February 2013 and released them the following April.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France has offered to host a summit with Nigeria and its neighbours focused on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday. 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