Chiemelie Ezeobi in The Gambia
African leaders and security chiefs have called for stronger regional cooperation, intelligence sharing and community engagement to tackle the continent’s growing security challenges, warning that terrorism, organised crime, cybercrime and violent extremism can no longer be addressed by individual countries acting alone.
The Gambian President, Adama Barrow;
Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu; the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu; Prof Thean Potgieter of the Centre of Military Studies, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and others, made this call yesterday in The Gambia.
The call was made at the 19th Africa Security Watch Conference and Awards held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, Banjul, The Gambia, where speakers stressed that Africa’s evolving security threats require coordinated responses anchored on stronger institutions, technology, professionalism and public trust.
