The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has called for more integrated security strategies that combine military, economic and regional cooperation efforts to combat the danger of terrorism in Africa.
Ribadu made the call at a High-Level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting with the theme ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism in Africa’, on Monday in Abuja.
He said the theme of the meeting reflects the urgent need to confront the impacts of terrorism that had continued to disrupt lives and threaten the collective security of all.
Ribadu said in 2023, there was 22 per cent increase in terrorism related deaths in 41 countries, adding that the terrorist groups exploited local vulnerabilities and contributed to ongoing instability that necessitated integrated security strategies that combine military, economic and regional cooperation efforts.
He said the threats came from diverse terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP in Northeast Nigeria, al Shabaab in Somalia and Islamic States in the Greater Sahara along the Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso border areas, the Allied Democratic Forces and Islamic State, Central African province in DRC Congo and Mozambique.
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