AUC Chief Moussa Faki alarms over escalating terror threats in Africa
African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat during a meeting of the Peace and Security council of the Ministerial special session on Sudan at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 2, 2023. PHOTO | REUTERS
African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has expressed serious concern about the escalating challenges of terrorism and violent extremism affecting the African continent.
"Terrorism and violent extremism are the biggest evils of our time -- spreading to all the five regions of Africa," the AU Commission chief told a high-level meeting on counter-terrorism in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Monday, according to an AU statement.
