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In west Africa, where leaders from the region have agreed on a regional plan of action to combat Boko Haram, the Islamist group that abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria in April. In a rare show of unity, the leaders of Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin who met in Paris, pledged cooperation including joint border patrols and sharing intelligence to find the girls.