The White House has given the go-ahead for the sale of military planes to Nigeria to aid in the fight against Boko Haram, the AP news agency is reporting.President Donald Trump told President
Muhammadu Buhari in a phone conversation in February that he backed the deal.The deal, said to be worth up to $600m (£490m), was agreed by the Obama administration, but was reportedly halted on the day it was due to be sent to Congress, after a catastrophic incident involving the Nigerian military.About 90 people, mainly women and children, were killed in January when the Nigerian Air Force mistakenly bombed a camp in the north-east, which was hosting thousands of those who had fled Boko Haram. AFP now says President Trump had approved sales.
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