The Fight Against Boko Haram and the Challenge of Sustainable Peace in the Gulf of Guinea

The rise of Boko Haram, whose name is roughly translated as Western education is a sin, has been linked to a series of causes: first, political failure in national security, in development of its epicenter Nigeria. After that, there’s a difficult cooperation between state entities covered by the threat: Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. These states became theaters of military and humanitarian operations. Next, we have the lack of cooperation among regional economic communities as the Gulf of Guinea which is surrounded by the Economic Community of Western African States and the Economic Community of Central African States. The rise of Boko Haram has generated a crisis of over 18.000 deaths in the past eight years, over two hundred thousand refugees and has displaced 4.2 million people who are facing food insecurity and a series of epidemics. All bringing us to describe the cult of one of the most ferocious times. The establishment of a regional multinational force of 8,500 men and their gradual deployment sounds like a peaceful-research wind to the regional nations and brings safety and health for the population. The presentation I want to show is to demonstrate that the joint multinational military forces between the armies of the countries directly affected by the phenomenon of Boko Haram indicates the beginning of security cooperation between the West and Central African States. This interregional cooperation could go a long way in providing African solutions to African problems, and could also lead to a secure context of regionalization in the West and Central African regions and enduring peace. Key words: transnational threat, Boko Haram, multinational force, cooperation, security regionalization, sustainable peace, Gulf of Guinea.