A meeting has been scheduled to hold on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 for African leaders from West and Central Africa in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea.
The aim of the meeting is geared towards devising possible ways to rout the activities of dreaded Islamist terrorists under the aegis of Boko Haram across the continent.The summit is jointly organised by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
A statement released by ECOWAS as regards the meeting reads, “In the face of the mounting and increasingly bloody attacks by the fundamentalists against Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad and the series consequences for these countries, and the real risk of destabilizing western and central Africa, the two organizations have decided to take action.”
