Insurgency: Ribadu seeks global cooperation to fight terrorism in Africa

The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, called for stronger global and regional cooperation, intelligence sharing and responsible use of emerging technologies to combat terrorism and violent extremism in African.
He said that terrorist groups were exploiting porous borders, local grievances, illicit financial networks, digital platforms and online radicalisation to expand their operations across the continent.
The NSA, made this known at the opening of the High-Level African Lessons Learned Forum on Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, Intelligence Sharing and Emerging Technologies in Abuja.
He said that the evolving threat requires stronger intelligence coordination, sust...