Ghana Says Nations Want Regional Force to Fight Boko Haram

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Ghana and four other West African nations are ready to provide soldiers to a regional military force to fight Boko Haram, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said.

The force could be created immediately once the African Union or United Nations establish a mandate, Mahama said in a phone interview on Friday from the capital, Accra.