The next assertion is issued by the Authorities of the US of America, the Authorities of the Republic of Italy, the Authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco, and the Authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the event of the Defeat Daesh/Islamic State International Alliance Africa Focus Group
On the invitation of the Republic of Benin, the Africa Focus Group of the International Coalition to Defeat Daesh/Islamic State, co-chaired by Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the US, held a gathering in Cotonou, Benin, on November 15.
The Africa Focus Group is a collaborative mechanism for coordinating civilian-focused counterterrorism help to strengthen the counterterrorism capabilities of African members of the coalition to defeat Daesh/ISIS.
In Cotonou, 28 coalition members and observers participated in an Africa focus group assembly that targeted on regional safety and counter-terrorism challenges posed by ISIS associates alongside the West African coast.
The coalition acknowledges the continuing menace posed by Islamic State-affiliated teams to the individuals of West Africa.
The D-ISIS Coalition Africa Focus Group agenda consists of coordination with different multilateral initiatives and listening to from coalition companions concerned in or main the Accra Initiative, the G5, the Sahel Alliance and the Aqaba Course of. Coalition observer UNOCT additionally described an Africa summit deliberate for spring 2024 that may complement worldwide efforts to fight ISIS associates in Africa.
The Africa Focus Group acknowledged that there are numerous contributing elements to the area’s present safety challenges. To have most impression, the main focus group targeted on the 4 pillars of its motion plan:
- Strengthen and improve border safety, biometric assortment, and battlefield proof capabilities;
- Counter ISIS propaganda, recruitment and construct neighborhood resilience;
- Enhance the power of coalition members to scale back ISIS’s use of illicit funds; and
- Fight the dangerous results that impair CT work.
Members within the Cotonou assembly reiterated the significance of continued frank and open communication and reiterated that Africa focus group members will proceed to share and develop finest practices to construct associate capability and help these international locations looking for counter-terrorism help.
Lastly, the Africa Focus Group Co-Chairs confused that the International Coalition to Counter Da’esh/Islamic State stays dedicated to confronting and defeating Da’esh/Islamic State in West Africa and elsewhere all over the world, wherever it operates.