Boko Haram

===French and British assistance===
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[[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]], in coordination with the United States, have sent trainers and material assistance to Nigeria to assist in the fight against Boko Haram.<ref name="scmp.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1507498/china-pledges-help-nigerias-hunt-boko-haram-militants |title=China pledges help to Nigeria's hunt for Boko Haram militants |date=8 May 2014 |work=South China Morning Post}}</ref> France planned to use 3,000 troops in the region for counter-terrorism operations. Israel and Canada also pledged support.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.591226 |title=France, African states 'declare war' on Boko Haram |date=18 May 2014 |newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>

In 2017, the United Kingdom enforced an emergency assistance package worth $259 million. The United Kingdom has also aided Nigeria through military support and counter-terrorism training. The [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]] has provided training to 28,000 Nigerian military troops to aid the fight against Boko Haram. More than 40 British soldiers have also been sent on a long-term deployment to Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robertson|first1=Nic|title=UK government doubles Nigerian aid package to help fight Boko Haram|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/30/africa/uk-foreign-secretary-boris-johnson-nigeria-visit-boko-haram/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|date=31 August 2017}}</ref>

On 28 August 2018, the British government produced a press release describing the details the newly launched partnership between the United Kingdom and Nigeria which was formed to attempt to reduce the threat posed by Boko Haram to the citizens of the two nations. The press release gives an insight into the multiple methods (including community engagement and direct intervention by the Nigerian government) of preventing and reducing the impacts of attacks carried out by Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Specific details of the cooperation between the British and Nigerian governments include:

A [[pound sterling|£]]13 million programme to educate 100,000 children living in the conflict zone and;
implementing a Nigerian crisis response mechanism to help the government respond to incidents like terror attacks and;
cutting the number of new recruits joining Boko Haram by tackling the false information spread by the group to recruit new members.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK and Nigeria step up cooperation to end Boko Haram threat |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-nigeria-step-up-cooperation-to-end-boko-haram-threat |website=GOV.UK |access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref>