Niger's parliament has voted to send troops to Nigeria to join the fight
against militant Islamist group Boko Haram.The vote took place
after Boko Haram attacked a prison and detonated a car bomb on Monday in the
town of Diffa, near Niger's border with Nigeria.
MPs said parliament
unanimously authorised deploying 750 soldiers with a regional force battling
Boko Haram.The Boko Haram has
increasingly drawn in Nigeria's neighbours.
On Saturday Nigeria,
Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin agreed to establish a 7,800-strong force to
fight the group.
Boko Haram launched
its first attacks in Niger last week, and has vowed to create an Islamic state.
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