Boko Haram: Funding short fall delays MNJTF take off

Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short of its target, an African Union official said Tuesday.

So far donors, including Nigeria, Switzerland and France, have pledged about $250 million to fund the 8,700-strong regional force, the African Union’s Peace and Security Council said after a meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss funding