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Disrupting the financing and local economies of violence is crucial to defeating terrorist groups in Lake Chad Basin.

Chad and its neighbours need to urgently address the problem to curb its spread and prevent collusion with other criminal and extremist forces at work at the

The Chad-Cameroon-CAR border area is a powder keg of crime that needs swift action from all three governments.

Regional kidnappings: The Chad-Cameroon-CAR border area is a powder keg of crime that needs swift action from all three governments. 

Surrounded by countries in conflict, the cross-border area of Northern Cameroon has become a hub for gun running.

Surrounded by countries in conflict, the cross-border area has become a hub for gun-running.

​He said that other projects the countries benefits from are the ECOWAS regional electricity market, West African Power Pool project, which links member states to a regional electricity grid for improved access to electricity.

ECOWAS urges Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider their withdrawal from the subregional body.

“The withdrawal of the three-member states could result in the halt or the suspension of all ECOWAS projects and programmes worth more than $500 million,” a communique issued at the end of the Saturday extraordinary summit said.

"West African single identity and regional integration and inclusion project is another programme that the three countries benefit from.”