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President akufo addo has called for a concerted efforts and new methods in the fight against terrorism across the Sahel and the west African sub region.
Speaking at the opening of a high level conference on the fight against terrorism in Africa, dubbed the Accra initiative, the president insisted there was the need for the sub region to work with its international partners to fight violent extremism.
The Accra initiative conference aims to prevent spillover terrorism from the Sahel to the coast of west Africa to address transnational organised crime and violent extremism at members’ borders.
Over the years the Sahel and west African sub regions have had to deal with chronic instability caused by political crisis and cross-border terrorism.
Five west African countries, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo established the Accra initiative in 2017 in order to collaborate against violent extremism in the region.
Mali and Niger were admitted as observers before becoming members in 2019.
President akufo addo at the opening of the maiden conference in Accra, called for effective collaboration to deal with the threats of terrorism especially in the west African sub region.
The conference is expected to promote information sharing, training of security and intelligence personnel and cross country border military operations.
By uniquenewsgh.com
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