US security experts meet today on Boko Haram

AS debates rage on the classification of Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation in the United States, top security and intelligence experts will today (Tuesday) gather in Washington, United States, to brainstorm on the challenges posed by the sect to the Nigerian and United States security.The panel's discussions with the theme, 'Threats to Nigeria's Security: Boko Haram and Beyond,' will be held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, under the sponsorship of Jamestown Foundation.Details of the discussions showed that the panelists will discuss such sub themes as domestic factors of instability in Nigeria, instability in Northern Nigeria, the rise of radical/militant/extremist Islam in Nigeria and Cameroon, nexus among central African militant movements and the Niger Delta and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).Other themes of the discussions include Nigerian security issues and the US-Nigeria relations, the United States' response to Boko Haram, the political basis for demilitarisation and dialogue in Nigeria and Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy or lack of one.The panelists are drawn from the United States military services, State Department, the American Congress and the Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
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