Security: Share timely intelligence, Buhari urges African states

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said timely information sharing amongst contiguous African States is vital to successful early warning and response to terror threats around the continent.

Buhari’s comments follow armed conflict and terror activities that have lingered in the North and sub-Saharan Africa in the past two decades.

“Timely information sharing is vital to successful early warning and response processes,’’ Buhari told his counterparts during a High-Level side event on Early Warning Within the Framework of the African Union Peace and Security Council and the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services in Africa, at the ongoing 36th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

According to a statement…