Terrorists using new technologies to expand operations, FG warns

By Favour Ulebor
The Federal Government has raised alarm over the growing use of new technologies by terrorist groups in Africa, calling for stronger intelligence sharing and better funding to tackle the security threat.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, raised the concern in a statement issued by the ministry on Friday, following her remarks at the opening of the Consultative Forum on Strengthening the Functional Performance of the African Union Peace and Security Architecture in Abuja.
Odumegwu-Ojukwu said armed groups were increasingly using new technologies in their operations and funding their activities through transnational organised crime an...