Mogherini calls for the fight against IS in the Sahel

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The chief diplomat of the EU, Federica Mogherini, has called on the Sahel States, effective counter-Terror action. Otherwise, the IS in North Africa could make again and again, she said to the DW.

The EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has called on the Sahel States, effective counter-Terror action. Otherwise, the terrorist militia “Islamic state” (IS) in North Africa could make again and again, she said to the DW.

Mogherini said during her visit to Niger. In the exclusive interview with Deutsche Welle, she highlighted the enormous personal responsibility of the governments of the Region for development and security in the Region – beyond the EU aid. The Sahel region across North Africa and includes the countries of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Eritrea.

A stronger involvement in the Terror fight was necessary – especially in this Region. “If a state is not in large Parts of its territory present, this can have the effect that terrorists of the Islamic state to spread there.” Because the IS search after the military defeats in Syria and Iraq, according to a new base. “And we don’t want to build the IS definitely another place where he Makes his territorial.”

Appeal to the international community

The EU will support the efforts of the governments in the Sahel Zone. Mogherini called on the international community to join: Because the spread of the IS “is not only a Problem for us, it is a Problem for all,” she said to the DW. “We call on others to support the authorities and the population of the Sahel in their fight against terrorism, but also in their fight against climate change and in their search for economic and social developments.”

To the question, what is your advice to your successor as EU foreign envoy, Josep Borrell, in relation to Africa, replied, Mogherini: “Africa is a large continent that is primarily economic development, infrastructures, including digital infrastructures, good governance and human rights.” You should not look at Africa as a Partner, when it comes to questions of Migration. “You must not think that, if the Numbers of the incoming fall refugees, you can change the page and move on to other priorities. Africa is a continent that needs attention – and probably for decades and centuries.”

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