President Bola Tinubu has called for the establishment of a regional counter-terrorism centre that will serve as a hub for intelligence sharing, operational coordination, and capacity building throughout Africa.
The President made the call at the African High-level Meeting on Counter-Terrorism in Abuja on Monday, saying that Africa sholud take a comprehensive approach to combating terrorism, not only through might, but by addressing the root causes of the scourge, which include poverty, inequality, and social injustice.
Tinubu emphasized that while seeking to address the root causes of terrorism, Africa should also attack the roots that feed the evil branch ransom and illegal mining as terrorism evolves and perfects ways to continuously finance, re-equip, and re-supply itself for its disturbing mission.
He added that the African region should strengthen existing counter-terrorism structures, such as the Regional Intelligence Fusion Unit (RIFU) in Abuja, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) in Algiers, and the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) in Addis Ababa.
He underscored the importance of a regional standby force that includes tackling terrorism as part of its mandate, declaring that it should not be abandoned.
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