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Date: 2016-08-31

Time: 09:30 to 12:30

Venue: ISS Conference Room, Route de Ouakam , Immeuble Atryum Center , Floor 4 Ouakam, Dakar , Senegal

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Assessing MNJTF's fight against Boko Haram

Despite the challenges it has faced, the MNJTF is slowly gaining ground.

Date: 2016-08-31

Time: 09:30 to 12:30

Venue: ISS Conference Room, Route de Ouakam , Immeuble Atryum Center , Floor 4 Ouakam, Dakar , Senegal

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) established by the Lake Chad Basin countries to fight Boko Haram is still struggling to demonstrate its effectiveness. Yet the force is gradually gaining ground. Over the past months it has, together with national armies, dealt a blow to the group.

The fight against Boko Haram appears to have entered a new phase, and the time is now right to analyse recent developments and assess the regional response.

The ISS’ West Africa Report that assesses MNJTF’s progress will be launched at the seminar.

Chair: Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, Director, ISS Dakar 

Speakers:

  • William Assanvo, Senior Researcher, ISS Dakar
  • Omar Mahmood, Researcher, ISS Pretoria
  • Colonel Djibo Soumana, Former commander, Niger contingent of MNJTF
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Jeannine Abatan
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This event is made possible with support from the Government of Netherlands and the International Development Research Center (IDRC). The ISS is also grateful for support from the other members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the USA
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