Central and West Africa against threats in Gulf of Guinea

Lome, ANGOLA, July 30 - The sharing of land and sea borders makes the regions of West and Central Africa vulnerable to numerous security and environmental threats in the Gulf of Guinea. ,

This fact was said Monday in Lome city, Togo, by the Acting Chairperson of the Economic Community for the Development of West African States (ECOWAS), Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé.

In his remarks, the Acting chairperson pointed to threats such as piracy, smuggling, illegal fishing, unregulated fishing and the dumping of toxic objects at sea.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Joint Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community for the Development of West Africa (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), he said that these regions also suffer from other illegal cross-border activities, in particular trafficking in arms, human beings, drugs and money laundering.

According to Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, the geographic, socio-cultural and economic proximity between Central Africa and West Africa has created ties and influences at the level of the States and populations of the two sets, making the two regions share the same security problems.

"It is from this perspective that we are holding the summit with the firm will create the conditions for a durable peace and a safe environment in the common area of the regions," he said, in addition to addressing legal and judicial issues, extradition and cooperation in matters of criminal policy.

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