African leaders emphasize increasing cooperation in the fight against terrorism

African leaders have called for more regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism, including the creation of a regional army. This call was made yesterday at a summit to find solutions to the security challenges facing the continent in Abuja, Nigeria.

Starting in Mali, militias with anti-fee stances have established themselves in the Sahel region, spreading further south and threatening the countries on the west coast of West Africa while other armed groups are creating chaos in the Horn of Africa, Lake Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, told the summit meeting to combat terrorism in Abuja that: The center of terrorism has moved from the Middle East and North Africa and entered the African countries south of the Sahara Desert.

"The current situation in the Sahel region is bad. The region accounts for almost half of all deaths caused by terrorist attacks in the world, said the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations.  

At the summit in Abuja, Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined his fellow leaders Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo and Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe to encourage more regional cooperation, cooperation in telecommunication issues and to make efforts to create a military force .