Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is seeking the creation of a regional counter-terrorism centre that will serve as a hub for intelligence sharing and operational coordination throughout Africa. But experts say tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso frustrate the possibility of enhanced regional cooperation.
Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu, centre, visits the St Francis Catholic Church following an attack in Owo, Nigeria, on 6 June 2022.
Nigeria’s national security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, convened a high-level security meeting in Abuja on Monday, which was attended by President Bola Tinubu, chairman of the Economic Community of West African States , along with Presidents Faure Gnassingbé of Togo and Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana.More than 50,000 displaced by clashes in northern Ethiopia: UN
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