Africa-Press – Cape verde. The President of the Republic (PR) José Maria Neves defended this Saturday, 28, the strengthening of leadership and good governance as ways to combat terrorism in Africa. The position of the Cape Verdean PR was defended during the extraordinary summit of the African Union, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea,
The Cape Verdean head of state, who was speaking during the extraordinary summit of the African Union on terrorism and unconstitutional changes of governments in Africa, underlined that terrorism is a global threat that must be fought by all.
“We have to reaffirm the idea that the attack on a State must be considered an attack on all the States of the continent”, he underlined, stressing that a firm fight against the situation of terrorism requires leadership.
“Any leadership void or governance deficit creates voids that are filled by destabilizing groups. Thus, we must all do our homework of strengthening the leadership of each of the countries, good governance and also creating good conditions for governance”, she defended.
“Africa wants peace”
José Maria Neves stressed that Africa has already demonstrated, at different times, that it wants peace and stability to achieve sustainable development.
However, he stressed that everyone knows that there are forces that are opposed to this dream of the continent and are betting on its destabilization.
For that reason, he agreed with the idea proposed at the summit, in order to identify very clearly the sources of funding and support for terrorist groups on the African continent.
Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Africa
José Maria Neves also supported the idea of making 31 January the Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Africa.
The work of this extraordinary summit is being guided by the President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, who said that terrorism drives away private investment, stimulates the emigration of young Africans to other continents, threatening the economic and social development of the continent itself. poorly developed.
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