- Tackling the growing security crisis across West Africa
- The initiative aims to enhance cooperation and intelligence sharing
- Unified strategies to combat terrorism and transnational crime
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Rome, Italy, yesterday evening to attend the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Meeting.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that his presidential aircraft touched down at the Rome Fiumicino International Airport at about 7:20 p.m. local time.
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The high-level meeting, which begins tomorrow, focuses on tackling the growing security crisis across West Africa.
Heads of State, government officials, and senior intelligence and military leaders from various African nations will gather, alongside representatives from international organizations.
Participants will debate the region’s evolving security landscape and develop unified strategies to combat terrorism and transnational crime.
The agenda specifically covers complex threats: terrorist network expansion, the increasing connection between crime and terrorism, and the overlap between land-based insurgency in the Sahel and maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
King Abdullah II of Jordan launched the Aqaba Process in 2015 as a global counter-terrorism initiative. The initiative aims to enhance cooperation and intelligence sharing among countries fighting violent extremism.
Jordan and the Italian Government currently co-chair this pivotal edition of the summit.
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