West Africa Recorded Over 1,800 Terrorist Attack In First Six Months Of 2023, Regional Official Says
27th July 2023
Omar Touray told the U.N. Security Council that half a million people in the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States known as ECOWAS are refugees and nearly 6.2 million are internally displaced. If there isn’t an adequate international response to the 30 million people ECOWAS assesses need food right now, he said, the number of people in need will increase to 42 million by the end of next month.
Touray, who is president of the ECOWAS Commission, singled out the following drivers of insecurity in the region: terrorism, armed rebellion, organized crime, unconstitutional changes of government, illegal maritime activities, environmental crises and fake news.
Unmentioned by the guy named Omar: Militant Islam.
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.