Lake Chad Basin : Member Countries Chart Peace Avenues

Member countries of the Lake Chad Basin are meeting in a two-day regional reflection forum to seek peaceful solutions to the security challenges rocking the naturally endowed community. The Minister of External Relations, Mbella Mbella presided at the opening of the second regional forum on disengagement, demobilization, reintegration and reconciliation in the Lake Chad Basin on May 31, 2021.Stakeholders in the peace seeking get-together are deliberating under the theme, “Regional harmonization on community reintegration and reconciliation.”
In his preliminary statement, Minister Mbella Mbella said countries of the Lake Chad Basin have for some years now been faced with security challenges which affect their stability, the wellbeing of the population and efforts to national development. “In effect, the Boko Haram sect has provoked terrorist actions, deaths, the unfortunate persuasion and recruitment of youths into the sect, forceful displacement of the population, and imposing States with the task of finding a definite return of peace,” he stated. 
At the level of Cameroon, the Minister said the President of the Republic in his continuous search for lasting peace created the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Committee (NDDRC) dedicated to the reintegration of ex-fighters of Boko Haram and armed groups of the North West and South West Regions of the country. The creation of the Committee, Minister Mbella Mbella stated, translates the political engagement of President Paul Biya in promoting peace and stability as reaffirms during his swearing...