{"id":83799,"date":"2025-11-04T15:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:21:38","slug":"jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength","title":{"rendered":"Jihadists Threaten Mali Activist Urges Liberia&#8217;s Military Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>As jihadist fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda tighten their grip around Bamako, the capital of Mali, Liberian Activist Stanley Delano Quaye has called on the Government of Liberia(GoL) to urgently invest more resources in the country\u2019s security and defense sector.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Quaye\u2019s warning comes amid reports that Mali\u2019s Military Junta and their Russian Allies are struggling to halt the advance of heavily armed jihadist groups that now control vast swaths of territory in the Sahel Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Africa is falling fast to jihadist fighters, and Liberia needs to be fully ready,\u201d Mr. Quaye cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>He said the situation in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad should serve as a wake-up call for Liberia\u2019s national leadership. Mr. Quaye emphasized that the distance between Bamako and Monrovia is not far, warning that instability in the region could easily spill over into Liberia and its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jihadists are well-trained, well-armed, and moving fast across borders. If we remain complacent, we may face serious security threats sooner than expected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Quaye also appealed to Liberian lawmakers to demonstrate patriotism by cutting their huge salaries and redirecting the excess funds toward strengthening the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) and other national security institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that while 50% of Mali\u2019s territory and nearly 30% of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad are under jihadist control, even Nigeria, whose military ranks fifth in Africa, is still struggling to contain militant violence.<\/p>\n<p>The activist\u2019s remarks come at a time when security experts across the region have expressed concerns about the growing influence of extremist groups and the limited capacity of West African nations to respond effectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Liberia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. As jihadist fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda tighten their grip around Bamako, the capital of Mali, Liberian Activist Stanley Delano Quaye has called on the Government of Liberia(GoL) to urgently invest more resources in the country\u2019s security and defense sector. Mr. Quaye\u2019s warning comes amid reports that Mali\u2019s Military Junta and their Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-83799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jihadists Threaten Mali Activist Urges Liberia&#039;s Military Strength - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As jihadist fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda tighten their grip around Bamako, the capital of Mali, Liberian Activist S ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jihadists Threaten Mali Activist Urges Liberia&#039;s Military Strength\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As jihadist fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda tighten their grip around Bamako, the capital of Mali, Liberian Activist S ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T15:08:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T15:21:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2025\/11\/sm_1762257051.409865.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Jihadists Threaten Mali Activist Urges Liberia&#8217;s Military Strength\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T15:08:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T15:21:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength\"},\"wordCount\":297,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2025\/11\/sm_1762257051.409865.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/jihadists-threaten-mali-activist-urges-liberias-military-strength\",\"name\":\"Jihadists Threaten Mali Activist Urges Liberia's Military Strength - 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