We
should not lose sight of Boko Haram. They are a major threat to the populations
of the region and to stability in Nigeria and the Lake Chad part of Africa. The
government of Nigeria has no capacity to respond to the menace. We should be
very clear about it. And engage the authorities in Abuja with an offer of
international security assistance that makes sense and cannot be ignored. This
has now become a matter of great urgency. Concerted multilateral action and the
appropriate pressure on the national authorities of Nigeria should be made as
soon as possible, even before the presidential elections of this coming
February. Then, just after the elections – which by the way will be pretty
messy –deployments should take place. The poor populations of remote North-eastern
Nigeria need all help they can get. And this is not neo-colonialism. It´s
solidarity and also the recognition that further destabilisation of Central
Africa and the Sahel will have a negative impact well beyond the region.
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