Terrorism, Major Threat To Peace, Progress Of West Africa
December 21, 2019
2:02 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said terrorism remained the major threat to the peace and progress of the West African sub-region.
This is even as the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, said attacks in the region rose by 80 percent in the first eleven months of 2019 compared to the year 2018.
President Buhari, while speaking during the 56th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Abuja, said recurring attacks by terrorist groups was a reminder to the sub-region about the urgency to build an enduring security partnership to
