Egypt Calls for Concerted Efforts in Africa to Address Food Security, Terrorism Challenges

Egypt Calls for Concerted Efforts in Africa to Address Food Security, Terrorism Challenges

The third edition of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development kicked off on Tuesday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed the participants via videoconference, urging African countries to join hands to address the current challenges facing the continent, including food insecurity and terrorism.

The two-day event is held under the theme, “Africa in an era of successive risks and climate vulnerability: Paths to a peaceful, resilient, and sustainable continent.”

Sisi enumerated a number of challenges facing the continent, including terrorism.

He said Cairo established the Sahel-Sahara Center to Combat Terrorism to help people confront the negative repercussions of this phenomenon.

It also seeks to build the capacities of African institutions in the affected areas, especially in the Sahel region by providing training courses for the forces participating in African peacekeeping missions.

Egypt also inaugurated the African Union Center for Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) to play an effective role in preparing programs and activities to support countries post conflicts, maintain stability, security and development, and prevent the reemergence of conflicts on their territories.

Sisi affirmed that African countries were affected by the food and energy security crises, in addition to the health, social and economic repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, appealing for concerted efforts to address