{"id":144522,"date":"2022-02-05T05:40:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=144522"},"modified":"2022-02-05T05:43:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:43:21","slug":"im-not-satisfied-with-our-progress-against-violent-extremists-in-africa-africom-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/05\/im-not-satisfied-with-our-progress-against-violent-extremists-in-africa-africom-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not satisfied with our progress against violent extremists in Africa &#8211; AFRICOM commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), Stephen Townsend has stated that the command needs to do more to tackle violent extremism on the continent, especially in West and East Africa.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This was stated on Thursday by Townsend at a virtual press briefing on the sidelines of the 2022 African Chiefs of Defence Conference.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The US established AFRICOM in 2007 as one of the 11 departments of defence combatant commands of the US, which focuses on improving security in African countries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Asked how he would rate the success of the command under his leadership, Townsend said he has been pondering a lot on the issue and that he is not satisfied with the progress recorded.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He noted that while some level of progress has been recorded in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/22\/un-insurgeny-is-still-a-present-danger-in-the-north-east\/\">North Africa<\/a>, attacks by extremists have continued to expand in East and West Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\">\u201cThis is something actually I\u2019ve been pondering a lot here as I have entered my last year in this position, and I think the bottom line up front, candidly, I\u2019m personally not satisfied with our progress against violent extremists in Africa, and particularly East Africa and West Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assess that violent extremism in those two regions continues to expand in both geography and reach and influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that in the north of Africa, violent extremism is in a better place and we have seen progress from both our U.S. efforts as well as our partners\u2019 efforts. And then in the southern part of Africa, we\u2019ve seen the emergence of ISIS-Central Africa and ISIS-Mozambique, which is of concern and we\u2019re seeing a very aggressive response by African partners there and a deployment led by forces from Central and South Africa to go after ISIS-Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, I\u2019m still concerned about the forces, the violent extremist organisations in East Africa and West Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commander further said military forces alone cannot defeat violent extremism, adding that AFRICOM uses a 3D approach \u2014 diplomacy, development, defence \u2014 to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the challenges encountered on the continent will not be surmountable except\u00a0countries work together, with African partners taking the lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the key to this is that military forces alone cannot defeat violent extremism. The root of violent extremism is insufficient with poor governance. And so, because of that, we have to have a whole-of-government approach, and at AFRICOM we say that we like to use a 3D approach, where we lead with diplomacy and development and follow with defence efforts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, that 3D approach is what we need to address the problem of violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, as long as we don\u2019t have a coherent 3D approach from not just African partners but all of the international partners, to include the U.S., I think the terrorists will continue to take advantage of that and continue their expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, to sum it up, I\u2019m not satisfied with our progress and I think there is work to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the challenges that I discussed today will only be solved if multiple countries work together and we have a consistent, open dialogue and we have whole-of-government approaches with our African partners in the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), Stephen Townsend has stated that the command needs to do more to tackle violent extremism on the continent, especially in West and East Africa. 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