{"id":743,"date":"2011-11-27T08:32:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T08:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/nigeria-france-and-govt-joins-forces-to-fight-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2011-11-27T08:32:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T08:32:37","slug":"nigeria-france-and-govt-joins-forces-to-fight-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/27\/nigeria-france-and-govt-joins-forces-to-fight-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: France and Govt Joins Forces to Fight Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>26 November 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>France and Nigeria are to step up their joint fight against Islamic terrorists in West Africa. The announcement by Nigeria&#8217;s President Goodluck Jonathan came at the end of his three-day visit to the French capital which also saw a deal for a 75,450 million euro loan to build a bus network in the capital Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan said security experts from the two countries will work together to stop terrorism from spreading throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Africa is undergoing a crisis, Europe feels the effects,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The loan is to help fund the city&#8217;s new 330 million urban transport plan co-financed by the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos is sub-Saharan Africa&#8217;s largest metropolis and the commercial hub of Africa&#8217;s oil exporting largest nations, but its public infrastructure is not able to cope with its vast population.<\/p>\n<p>The city has a population of 15 million people, roughly the size of countries like Niger or Mali.<\/p>\n<p>Its current public transport system dates back to the 1980s when the city had eight million inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>The bus network is expected to be up and running by 2014\/2015.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20111126-france-and-nigeria-joins-forces-fight-terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 26 November 2011 France and Nigeria are to step up their joint fight against Islamic terrorists in West Africa. 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