US Ambassador to UN Pledges $40 Million to Aid Lake Chad Region

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, says the United States will provide nearly $40 million in new humanitarian assistance for nations in Africa's Lake Chad region, to provide aid to people whose lives have been affected by Boko Haram violence. Power made the announcement Tuesday in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, after meetings with President Paul Biya, Prime Minister Philemon Yang, and Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo. She said that during those meetings...

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