The leaders of Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) agreed Monday in an extraordinary summit to provide Cameroon and Chad with an emergency aid of 50 billion FCFA (about 100 million U.S. dollars) to combat Boko Haram.
The summit was attended by six presidents of ECCAS countries, including Cameroonian President Paul Biya, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Congolese President Deniss Sassou Nguesso and Central African Republic provisional President Catherine Samba-Panza.