The African Union and the Lake Chad Basin Commission sign an agreement for the operationalization of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Counter the Boko Haram Terrorist Group

20 Oct 2015

The African Union and the Lake Chad Basin Commission sign an agreement for the operationalization of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Counter the Boko Haram Terrorist Group

Addis Ababa, 16 October 2015: The Commission of the African Union (AU) represented by Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security, and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), represented by its Secretary-General, Engineer Sanusi Imran Abdullahi, today, at the AU Headquarters, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the operationalization and sustenance of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) established by the LBCB Member States and Benin to neutralize the Boko Haram terrorist group.