INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN FIGHTING BOKO HARAM: UNITED NATIONS AND AFRICAN UNION AS CASE STUDY

Nigeria is a major oil producing country in which European and multinational corporations and businesses have large stakes. The instability in the region is therefore a concern for the International Community. The continued attacks by the Islamic fundamentalists in North-East Nigeria and the increasing attacks in the Lake Chad Basin, along the border with Chad, Niger and in the northern provinces of Cameroon, also have the potential of destabilizing the entire region with far-reaching security and humanitarian consequences. Once Boko Haram's actions crossed borders and affected neighboring countries, the conflict became a regional one and needed to be handled differently.