"This is the decision, and in the coming weeks, ECOWAS has already, with the Chiefs of Defense Staff, developed operational modalities, the concept of operations and everything for us to aggregate. It will be something like an advance and rapid reaction force of a battalion that will be able to confront terrorists’ bases. The Heads of States have decided that on the first year, we must raise about $2.4 billion to support the operation of this force in order to face the terrorist," the commissioner said, as quoted by the local media.
"If you look at our region, it is being ravaged by terrorists. Today, Burkina Faso has overtaken Afghanistan as the most terrorized state on Earth, and Africa has become home to terrorist organizations," Musah pointed out.