UK Deploy Armed Forces To Nigeria To Assist Nigerian Armed Forces Against Boko Haram (Photos)

The UK is assuming a considerable part in handling security dangers crosswise over Africa, with organizations in Nigeria and Somalia.

Around 30 British troops have as of late touched base in Somalia to support a United Nations mission, while a 35 in number RAF group have been preparing Nigerian work force battling Boko Haram.

A RAF Short Term Training Team have been prompting the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in how to guard their airbases from dangers, for example, that from radical gathering Boko Haram.

Work force from No.5 Force Protection Wing and 51 Squadron RAF Regiment are likewise boosting the NAF's aptitudes in extemporized unstable gadgets (IEDs), following insurgents, distinguishing weapons reserves and route.

They have likewise worked with the Nigerian Army on enhancing ground-to-air coordination.

Barrier Secretary Michael Fallon said:

We stand joined with Nigerian endeavors to annihilation this ruthless terrorist association.

That is the reason we are expanding our backing to their military as they battle radicalism.

This mission is a piece of a stage up in UK support declared by the Defense Secretary in December, preparing for numerous organizations of up to 300 UK military work force crosswise over 2016.

More than 5,000 individuals from the Nigerian Armed Forces have now profit by UK preparing since April 2015, which has additionally included medicinal preparing, infantry

aptitudes, media operations, summon and initiative, and backing to Nigerian military preparing schools.