The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS resolved to apply lessons learned from the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria to defeat Boko Haram and other terror groups in West Africa.
The US Department of State in a statement on Wednesday said the resolution was taken at a virtual meeting with members of the coalition and representatives of West African states and relevant regional organizations convened by the United States and Nigeria, which held on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s meeting by the coalition was convened to discuss the threat of ISIS in West Africa and ways the coalition can contribute to collective efforts to ensure ISIS’s enduring defeat in the region.
The statement said the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Nathan Sales, marking his first meeting as the newly-designated Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, outlined the coalition’s increasing focus on defeating ISIS’s global branches and affiliates.
Sales also thanked the Nigerian delegation, led by the Coordinator for the Counter-Terrorism Centre in Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser, Rear Admiral Yaminu Musa, for co-hosting the event.
It stated: “With this focus on West Africa, the coalition also announced Mauritania’s accession into the coalition as the 83rd member. Since January 2017, the coalition has welcomed 14 new members from Africa and Asia and continues to expand its reach and cooperation against ISIS branches and affiliates. - Click the link in bio to read the rest of the article.
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