August 27, 2014 - Today's News In Gazetikenya

Share intelligence, states urged.

SPECIAL MEETING | Call to invest more money in security

Discord among intelligence agencies in Africa has largely been blamed for the upsurge in terrorism on the continent. This gap has favoured terrorist groups that have regrouped and reconstituted their cells. African Union Special Representative for Counter Terrorism Cooperation Francisco Madiera said if intelligence teams in Africa shared information, the networks would be broken and gangs weakened.

 “The AU has not been able to defeat terrorism. This is posing a great threat to the continent whose development is being sabotaged,” he said. Mr Madiera said the war on radicalisation and extremism will be won only when governments prioritise security issues by allocating more funds. “International terrorism organisations recruit the youth through the use of incentives.

“They manage to convince the young people into believing in extremist ideologies by funding them,” he said. Mr Madiera said Africa must come up with new ways of countering terror gangs that frequently come up with fresh strategies of attacking.

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