Original title: Nigeria seeks UN to strengthen support for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism
Xinhua News Agency, Abuja, September 2 (Reporter Yang Zhe) When Nigerian President Tinub met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, he expressed the hope that the UN will increase its Support Nigeria’s efforts to combat terrorism.
According to the news released by the Nigerian Presidential Palace on the 1st, Tinub said that terrorism is continuing to reverse Nigeria’s development achievements and community stability, and hopes that the United Nations will provide further more practical support. Only by eliminating terrorism can development and prosperity be achieved.
During the meeting, Voronkov said that Nigeria has made great contributions to the global fight against terrorism. The United Nations plans to hold a counter-terrorism summit in Abuja in April 2024, which will focus on counter-terrorism issues in African countries.
Nigeria has long been harassed by terrorist organizations such as “Boko Haram”. Tinub has made fighting terrorism one of the government’s top priorities since he was sworn in as president in May.
According to a report released by the United Nations Development Program in February this year, sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, has become the new center of violent extremism in the world, and nearly half of the world’s recorded deaths from terrorism in 2021 will come from the region .
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2023-09-02 12:06:00
