Africa Abandoned in Fight Against Terrorism, Senegal’s Sall Says
- West Africa’s Sahel region is a global terrorism hotspot
- UN peacekeeping missions have been ineffective, Sall says
Macky Sall
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Former Senegalese President Macky Sall said Africa’s fight against terrorism should be a global concern and the continent isn’t getting enough support in its effort to combat the scourge.
“Africa has been left to its own devices to face the challenges of terrorism, whether in the Sahel region on the Horn of Africa or even in southern Africa in Mozambique,” Sall said in an address to the Future Resilience Forum, which aims to find solutions to security threats, climate change and other global challenges, in London on Monday. “The advance of terrorism on the continent isn’t just an African affair. It would be a mistake to believe that it’s up to Africans to resolve this issue.”