Security experts from 53 African countries are meeting in Algiers to develop a continent-wide approach to fighting terrorism, organised crime and human trafficking
By Nazim Fethi for Magharebia in Algiers – 18/06/09
African leaders are meeting in Algiers to lay out an action plan to combat terrorist financing.
In the coming weeks, African heads of state are expected to sign an agreement to ban the financing of terrorism, particularly through ransom payments made to terrorist groups holding hostages. This new measure should add to the legal weaponry put in place by the African Union to fight terrorism.
The African Centre for Studies and Research on Terrorism (CAERT) kicked off a three-day meeting in Algiers on Wednesday (June 17th) to prepare a 2010-2013 action plan, in the presence of the UN anti-terrorism co-ordinator, the European co-ordinator, and Algerian accredited military attachés. ..more..http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2009/06/18/feature-01
African leaders are meeting in Algiers to lay out an action plan to combat terrorist financing.
In the coming weeks, African heads of state are expected to sign an agreement to ban the financing of terrorism, particularly through ransom payments made to terrorist groups holding hostages. This new measure should add to the legal weaponry put in place by the African Union to fight terrorism.
The African Centre for Studies and Research on Terrorism (CAERT) kicked off a three-day meeting in Algiers on Wednesday (June 17th) to prepare a 2010-2013 action plan, in the presence of the UN anti-terrorism co-ordinator, the European co-ordinator, and Algerian accredited military attachés. ..more..http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2009/06/18/feature-01
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