Anti Boko Haram Coalition: Niger to deploy troops inside Nigeria

The republic of Niger says it will deploy troops to Nigeria as part of the anti Boko Haram coalition. The fighting is reportedly taken a dramatic u-turn with reports from the Cameroon military stating that Boko Haram has gotten reinforcement from jihadist militants from Libya, Mali and Sudan. Counter-terrorism experts have opined that the decision by the republic of Niger will facilitate the opening of a new front in the escalating regional conflict that recently claimed the lives of approximately 400 Cameroonian citizens including 19 soldiers.

Niger's national assembly will vote on Monday on the deployment of the nation’s troops to Nigeria making it the second country after the republic of Chad to voluntarily joined the anti Boko Haram coalition. The African Union has agreed on a plan to create a joint force comprised of 7,500 troops from five nations to battle the terrorists. The Nigerian military has effectively failed to push back the terrorist group which controls large swathes of land in northern parts of the country.