The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has stressed the need for media utilization and community engagement to effective counter terrorism activities in the eastern African region.

IGAD’s  Capacity  Building Program  Against  Terrorism  (ICPAT),  in  collaboration  with  the  Center  on  Global  Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC), convened a three day meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The  meeting  is part  of  a  broader  effort  by  ICPAT  and  CGCC  to  strengthen  sub-regional cooperation and expertise in preventing terrorism in East Africa.

The conference, titled “Community Engagement to Counter Terrorism”, was intended to provide an opportunity for officials of the member states  to  meet with  expert  practitioners  and  obtain  valuable  insights  on innovative   programming   and  best   practices   on   community   engagement   to   counter   terrorism.

It was indicated in a communiqué issued at the end of the conference that a joint package has been devised to halt terrorist activities in the region. IGAD has reached a decision to work closely with international counter terrorism institutions, the joint communiqué stated.

Eritrea remains adamant in its partnership with terrorist elements in the region, the regional bloc noted, and called on the international community to put more pressure on the Asmara regime.

Some 30 participants drawn from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda have attended the conference.

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