The UK foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, visits a World Food Programme distribution centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Photograph: Harriet Line/PA
The Guardian: UK could boost military support to help Nigeria defeat Boko Haram
Jeremy Hunt believes deciding factor will be Nigerian army’s ‘willingness to work with us’.
Britain is considering stepping up its military efforts to help the Nigerian government defeat Boko Haram, following a rise in terrorist activity in the country’s north-east in the past year, Jeremy Hunt has said after a visit to the region.
The UK foreign secretary said on Wednesday that he will be discussing what more the British government can do in terms of aid and military support to combat the terrorist group, warning the crisis had the potential to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe on the scale of that in Yemen.
Britain provides £240m in aid to Nigeria, of which £100m goes to the north-east, making it the second-largest donor after the US, and giving the UK a sizeable stake in what happens in the region.
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Update: Ask us for support against Boko Haram and you'll get it, UK tells Nigeria (Premium Times)
WNU Editor: The U.K. should be cautious. This is one of those never-ending wars that go on for a very long time .... Endless war: Why Nigeria may never defeat Boko Haram (Ibitoye Olukosi, QWENU)
